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Abid Omar
Abid Omar

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AI coding tools are powerful… but are they slowly making our code worse?

I’ve been using AI coding tools a lot recently (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, etc.).

They’re amazing for speed and you can build features way faster than before.

But I’ve started noticing a pattern after working on the same project for a while:

  • duplicate functions instead of reusing logic
  • second “auth” or API layers appearing out of nowhere
  • random files being added
  • builds breaking after small AI-generated changes

It’s not obvious at first, but over time the project becomes harder to maintain.

I’m trying to understand if this is a common issue or just something in my workflow.

So I made a short survey (2–3 minutes):
https://forms.gle/qchHotjCM1XUh4Vn9

No personal data, no code sharing ,just your experience.

If you’ve used AI tools in real projects, I’d really value your input.

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