I Let Agents Refactor My Codebase for 3 Weeks. Then I Read the Code.

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Lopopolo says code is a liability. Zechner got a standing ovation for "read every fucking line." I

was firmly at L — letting coding agents drive a refactoring for weeks, rubber-stamping PRs, trusting

the vibes. Then I actually read what they'd built and couldn't explain my own system's contracts.

The interfaces weren't wrong. They were plausible. Which is worse. So I took the wheel back. But

this isn't a Zechner victory lap — I'm now building better specs and evals specifically so I can

move back toward L with confidence. This talk is the honest, in-progress round trip, and a framework

for finding where you should sit on the spectrum today.

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