Simon Willison 3/10/2026

AI should help us produce better code

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The article argues against the fear that AI coding tools lead to worse code quality. It posits that AI agents should be used to improve code by automating simple but time-consuming refactoring tasks, such as fixing APIs, renaming concepts, and splitting large files. This reduces technical debt and allows developers to ship better code by lowering the cost of improvements and enabling consideration of more design options.

AI should help us produce better code

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