alt Hacker NewsThis problem definitely predates AI coding agents, though it may be exacerbated by them. The article essentially concludes with the ancient advice of "plan to throw one away". Well sure, I also read Mythical Man Month, but how do I convince the decision-makers?
I think AI makes writing second (or third, or fourth) implementation way easier. So it may actually happen more often with the AI.
At this point Zig implementation of Bun seems like one written to throw away. And it happened only thanks to AI.