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CLEANING UP AFTER AI ROCKSTAR DEVELOPERS

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So-called “rockstar" developers often leave behind overly complex and idiosyncratic codebases that prioritize individual cleverness over long-term team maintainability. AI tools usually make this problematic pattern worse by rapidly producing massive amounts of fragmented code that don't have a cohesive architectural vision.