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Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)
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This article argues that the current industry trend of 'software factories' and over-reliance on AI coding agents is leading to lower code quality and increased system outages. The author suggests that engineering challenges cannot be solved solely by automating code generation.
I run a company ( HumanLayer ) building tools in the human/agent collaboration space, so what I'm gonna say below may be a tad biased. Perhaps in spite of that, I hope you find the subject helpful or at the very least that you find it as interesting as I do. -Dex
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