A recently posted quote from 'voxium' describes working at a large company where all engineering artifacts (specs, code, tests, PRDs) are generated by Claude Code, with management pressuring engineers to ship volume despite nobody reading the output. The author notes that engineers at all levels (L1–L7) are reduced to 'talking to Claude,' working 12–13-hour days just to press enter, and that no one genuinely understands the code being produced.
Background
As AI coding assistants like Claude Code become deeply integrated into enterprise workflows, debates have intensified over whether AI-generated code erodes engineering depth and whether 'shipping volume' metrics are a meaningful proxy for software quality.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026 at 05:06 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10