Martin Fowler 7/9/2025

I still care about the code

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Birgitta Böckeler, a Distinguished Engineer at Thoughtworks, counters the idea that AI makes code irrelevant. She emphasizes that developers, especially when on-call, must still care about code quality. She argues LLMs are not predictable compilers but 'inferrers,' making their use a constant risk assessment, and stresses the critical importance of understanding and reviewing test code.

I still care about the code

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