Write Code Like a Human Will Maintain It, Not Just for AI

Write code like a human will maintain it

I thought letting LLMs handle code meant I could ignore best practices like DRY. I was wrong. Every shortcut I merged signaled to the model that bad patterns were acceptable, training it to repeat my mistakes. Instead of outsourcing maintenance, I was teaching the AI to replicate technical debt, proving that code quality still matters even when machines write it.

"Every shortcut you merge into your codebase is a signal about how things are done here."