# Gergely Orosz rejects firing engineers for shipping AI-caused bugs

> Original title: In the "How software engineering is changing: a tale of two eras" essay by software engineer Neil Kakkar, he talks about how at his curre...

- Source: Gergely Orosz
- Published: 2026-11-04T22:26:06.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/kaseh74wuf6isbtesdjg3m3lq
- Original: https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2118107546661912662

## Summary

Gergely Orosz strongly disagrees with a reader's view that shipping a bug written with AI would be a fireable offense at most companies. He cites Neil Kakkar's essay, in which Kakkar says his startup moves fast with AI and quickly fixes mistakes, such as accidentally paying creators twice.

## Post

In the "How software engineering is changing: a tale of two eras" essay by software engineer Neil Kakkar, he talks about how at his current startup they move very fast with AI, and fix mistakes quick, like accidentally paying creators twice.

A reader suggested this would be a fireable offense at most places (shipping a bug, with AI.) I strongly disagree:

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