Apenwarr argues that each layer of approval in a process slows it down roughly tenfold due to waiting time rather than actual work, a dynamic that AI-generated code cannot overcome since faster code production still faces the same review bottlenecks downstream. He contends that sustainable speed improvements require reducing review layers rather than attempting to bypass them through lower standards, and warns against the "AI Developer's Descent Into Madness" where developers caught in feedback loops between coding and debugging agents lose sight of fundamental systems design principles.
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Apenwarr argues that each layer of approval in a process slows it down roughly tenfold due to waiting time rather than actual work, a dynamic that AI-generated code cannot overcome since faster code production still faces the same review bottlenecks downstream. He contends that sustainable speed improvements require reducing review layers rather than attempting to bypass them through lower standards, and warns against the "AI Developer's Descent Into Madness" where developers caught in feedback loops between coding and debugging agents lose sight of fundamental systems design principles.