> the older code probably contains a ton of bugs already
The billion-dollar question is: what things might an LLM see as a bug or candidate for simplification, but supported a unique use case? https://xkcd.com/1172/ as always is prescient.
The thing about "rewrite X in two weeks" - or an entire company's worth of code in 24 months - is that it gives scarcely little time to do incremental rollouts to limit splash radius, or to identify and gather stakeholders to whom one can ask "why was this necessary" (or who can be guided to mine their emails and chat logs for conversations about the same).
Which is not to say this shouldn't be done! Let AI-native people guide the momentum with all the fervency of a hungry founder... but find project leaders who are committed to the empathy towards those who depend on the quirks of their workflows - ones who will create "curiosity loops" that try to bring in stakeholders as rapidly as possible on material questions, not just "continue, follow what you think is best" loops when the LLM brings up an open business question.
The billion-dollar question is: what things might an LLM see as a bug or candidate for simplification, but supported a unique use case? https://xkcd.com/1172/ as always is prescient.
The thing about "rewrite X in two weeks" - or an entire company's worth of code in 24 months - is that it gives scarcely little time to do incremental rollouts to limit splash radius, or to identify and gather stakeholders to whom one can ask "why was this necessary" (or who can be guided to mine their emails and chat logs for conversations about the same).
Which is not to say this shouldn't be done! Let AI-native people guide the momentum with all the fervency of a hungry founder... but find project leaders who are committed to the empathy towards those who depend on the quirks of their workflows - ones who will create "curiosity loops" that try to bring in stakeholders as rapidly as possible on material questions, not just "continue, follow what you think is best" loops when the LLM brings up an open business question.