The Most Dangerous Sentence in Software Engineering: “We Can Build This Better”
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AI tools like Claude and Copilot have worsened Not Invented Here syndrome by making custom code generation seem effortless. While AI can scaffold complex systems in minutes, developers inherit maintenance burdens for code they didn't design. The solution: use AI for integration glue code rather than core systems, applying the test of whether building the world's best version would make customers buy more.
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