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Code Is Still a Liability (Even When AI Writes It)

Code Is Still a Liability (Even When AI Writes It)

April 27, 2026

AI makes writing code practically free. But if AI is also doing the debugging, does line count still matter? Yes. In fact, it matters more than ever.

engineering ai architecture clean-code
The `if` Statement Doesn't Always Need an `else`

The `if` Statement Doesn't Always Need an `else`

July 21, 2023

Pairing every `if` with an `else` feels logical. But in many cases, the else is just noise — and dropping it leads to cleaner, more readable code.

engineering python clean-code fundamentals

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