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Quoting Armin Ronacher

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-10-29)

  • Simon Willison highlighted a quote from Armin Ronacher framing the current state of AI as a “punishment” for past failures in software development.
  • The core idea is that “so much bad software” was built over the last 30 years, creating a legacy of technical debt and poor practices.
  • The practical takeaway or warning is that the challenges and complexities associated with AI today are a direct consequence of these historical “sins” in software engineering.