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Latest at 2026-07-02:


When AI Writes the Code, Who Preserves the Meaning?

AI makes code cheaper to produce. But it does not make the meaning of the system cheaper to describe.

Quite the opposite.

When implementation becomes easier to generate, it becomes more important that humans can describe the problem in a form that is more precise than ordinary prose, but still close to the domain.

Plain English is excellent for context, purpose and explanation. It is how we tell each other why something matters.

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