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AI usage generates a fragile codebase


y speculate as to the reasons why I was laid off from Meta in May, but I suspect that one of the reasons is that I was a little bit more resistant to adopting AI/LLMs as coding tools than some of my peers. Don't get me wrong, I generated at least 90% of my code using AI in my last few months there, which was the minimum for a decent rating.

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