Who wrote this code? Nobody's quite sure
When AI helps write the code, every change should say where it came from, what it's for and who looks after it.
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Problems, challenges and lessons from shipping software with AI. Each one ends in a rule you could try this week, and most admit I've broken it at least once.
Don't put all your customers in one basket
Put a fixed limit on how many customers one failure can reach, and keep it fixed as your system grows.
Built by AI in a day, orphaned for six months
When AI can build something in an afternoon, let anyone build it, and give it a named owner within two weeks or switch it off.
Why my releases start with a rehearsal
Before my software goes live, it runs a rehearsal that changes nothing and lists everything that could go wrong.
Robots write the code now, and somebody still checks the homework
An engineer building with AI writes about what it makes possible, what still needs a careful eye, and what the homework actually looks like.