The Mythical AI Software Platform
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AI-driven development excels at local optimization but fails at global coherence without explicit constraints. Building software platforms by prompting AI without architectural oversight leads to inconsistent patterns, hidden coupling, and conceptual entropy. Speed of code generation doesn't equal progress—platforms require deliberate design, constraint, and taste. AI accelerates typing, not thinking, and multiplies decisions without judgment. The result is assembled systems that collapse under real usage, refactoring, or performance requirements. Conceptual integrity cannot be prompted into existence.
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