the real flex isn’t writing code. it’s writing maintainable code. yes or no?

@codevsdev The real flex is writing code that lets ai agents write maintainable code 😂

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@codevsdev yes. leaving behind something others can actually touch is the real skill

@codevsdev I think that's right. But now it's "using AI to write maintainable code."

@codevsdev i think code maintenance is less of a problem every day. people forget code is also 10x easier to maintain since ai.

@codevsdev yes. mostly 'cause that means i'm flexin' on the haters

@codevsdev Define maintainable code? Therein lies the challenge - subjective

@codevsdev Absolutely. A code that you don't understand yourself the next day, it not the code a real developer writes

@codevsdev No. The real flex is building shit people actually want to use. Code is irrelevant.

@codevsdev Yes, if you don't want to bankrupt yourself with technical debt The SV approach is to just ship as fast as possible and fix it when (if) you ever become profitable. I think they hope AI will fix the problems it created Different mentality when you aren't risking your own money

@codevsdev No, the only flex is writing maintainable looking code that is only maintainable by me.

@codevsdev true. writing code that just works is different than writing code that's maintainable and readable

@codevsdev too little known about the idiots interacting with my code i'd need more info :P

@codevsdev The new real flex is getting AI to write maintainable code

@codevsdev Depends if you're pre or post product market fit

@codevsdev Code that works >>> code only you can understand

@codevsdev The real flex is writing profitable code

@codevsdev Real flex is publishing useful things for users, and keep maintaining it while growing it.

@codevsdev Strictly no. half the "maintainable" code i've seen is just over-engineering for a future that never came. if the next dev can delete your code without fear, that's the actual flex

@codevsdev On the other hand, the code will be maintained by AI agents, so it is their problem anyway.

@codevsdev The real flex is not writing maintable code. It's writing code with optionality to evolve in a natural way to provide continual and improving operation excellence for the business.

@codevsdev i would hope the obvious answer would be: > yes, maintainable ai code and actually ai works better with maintainable commented code etc win win ?

@codevsdev No, it's writing code you understand.

@codevsdev Very true! This is actually why I would hire a professional software engineer to turn my vibe-coded app to a production-ready app

@codevsdev I'd start with code that works. No one is going to be maintaining anything if it doesn't do the business.

@codevsdev You need all of the following: - maintenable code - good enough runtime performance (including latency and throughput) - bug free implementation Modern AI gets you lots of code and everything else is up to human validation.

@codevsdev Before AI you could write unmaintainable spaghetti code, with AI you can have unmaintainable spaghetti code. Where is flex ?

@codevsdev Yeah the ai writes it and maintains it......duh

@codevsdev more like writing maintainable architecture

@codevsdev agree

@codevsdev Yes

@codevsdev You are right. The future I am unable to see - if agents also maintain the code for the long term, does it matter?

@codevsdev Making something that works really well is more important than making something maintainable. Rollercoaster tycoon doesn't need to be maintainable, it was just made really well.