TLDR Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE

AI IS FORCING US TO WRITE GOOD CODE

bits.logic.inc11 min read

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

All the optional best practices that devs commonly skip, such as 100% test coverage, small well-scoped files, end-to-end types, and fast ephemeral dev environments, turn out to be non-optional when agents are coding. Agents can't navigate a messy codebase and amplify messiness.