SMRTR ProgrammingJul 16, 2026Dev.to

Every AI-Generated Line of Code Is a Small Loan — And Eventually, You Have to Pay It Back

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Relying on AI to generate code without truly understanding it creates invisible technical debt. A bug in a personal project exposed a hard truth: skimming AI-generated code and moving on defers the cost of understanding, it doesn't eliminate it. The fix? Before moving on, ask yourself if you could explain the code to someone else without looking at it again.

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