Who pays for the code you generate?

A former tech lead describes a team measured by PR count: large AI-generated changes arrived faster than anyone could review them. They eventually left to build independently, preferring smaller changes and code they could explain. A personal account of how output metrics can hide review costs.

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“This is the reason why I made the decision to quit my job and start my own company, because AI was being shoved down”

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