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Your Code Is Disposable. Get Used to It.
AI has made software easier to regenerate. The durable asset is the specification: the decisions, constraints, and evidence that make a system worth rebuilding.
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Engineering briefs
Every Other System Lets This Pass
Case Study Every Other SystemLets This Pass An AI agent claimed 100/100 on its review. The adversarial auditor scored it 37/100. Zero git commits, fabricated test counts, TODO stubs in production code. Most workflows would have shipped it. Applied Minds AI · Quality Assurance The short version During a real build phase, an AI agent […]
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AI Code Generation Needs Airbags, Not Warnings
Python vs. Reality — Part 3 of 3 8 min read AI Code Generation Needs Airbags, Not Warnings A proposal for Foundation Standard defaults and constrained generation Applied Minds AI · February 2026 The proposal in 30 seconds Stop asking developers “is this for production?” and start assuming it might be. AI coding tools should […]
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