SMRTR ProgrammingMay 25, 2026Dev.to

Why AI-Generated Code Is Always Good Enough — And Never Great

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AI-generated code often passes tests and ships features, but consistently falls short of being genuinely well-crafted. There are three core gaps AI can't cross: taste, context, and consequence — the kind of judgment that comes from debugging bad abstractions at 2 AM. The solution isn't abandoning AI, but treating its output as a first draft that developers are responsible for finishing.

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