This is the same situation we were in decades ago, just before ai, and still are
AI changes nothing about this statement, humans do not write prefect code
Some projects are built by very small close-knit teams which get to drive everything.
In that scenario the developers have tight control over every little detail.
Andrej Karpathy is one of the best engineers in the country, George Hotz is one of the best engineers in the country, etc.
> Andrej Karpathy is one of the best engineers in the country, George Hotz is one of the best engineers in the country, etc.
You have citations of them explicitly making this claim on behalf of all SWEs in all domains/langs? I'd find that surprising, if so.
Edit: just came across this: https://www.hackerneue.com/item?id=46395714, to me this sounds like Karpathy's sentiment is contra to yours.
They're also people who have founded AI companies, so of course they would push for it.
It feels like you're taking all the claims of the AI hype bubble at face value.
Turns out that a lot of code is fine with this. Some parts of the industry still have more stringent standards however.