I'm going back to writing code by hand

10 hours ago

AI can write features but not architecture, leading to a 'god object' where a single struct holds everything and state bleeds between views.
Velocity from AI-assisted coding creates an illusion of infinite implementation budget, but complexity remains finite, causing scope creep and eventual collapse.
AI gravitates to shortcuts like positional arrays and direct state mutation, which become time bombs that cause subtle bugs like data races and incorrect sorts.
Guardrails like a CLAUDE.md file with architecture rules, state ownership, scope boundaries, and concurrency rules are essential to steer AI toward maintainable code.
The author is rewriting the project with upfront design, typed structs, isolated views, proper message passing, and no shared mutable state to avoid past mistakes.

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