AI made coding faster. It didn’t make software simpler
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Cheaper code has removed the writing bottleneck but not the complexity tax—systems still sprawl, dependencies multiply, and maintenance risk grows. Teams should shift AI focus from raw generation to refactoring, simplification, and architecture hygiene or today’s velocity gains become tomorrow’s drag.
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