Hardening and optimizing code never ends; know when to stop
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Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) argues that any program can be hardened and optimized almost endlessly, and that engineers will need to relearn this.
He says such work carries real costs in time, attention, and opportunity. He also warns that AI agents will keep refining code without any built-in sense of when to stop.
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- Guillermo RauchHardening and optimizing code never ends; know when to stop
AIGuillermo Rauch argues that any program can be hardened and optimized almost endlessly, which the engineering community will rediscover. He notes that these efforts carry real costs in time, attention, and opportunity, and that agents will keep drilling without knowing when to stop.
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