Use Your Brain: Engineering Standards in the Age of LLMs

111 · Paolo Galeone · July 26, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses the impact of LLMs on software development, warning against the pitfalls of 'vibe-coding' where developers lose ownership of their code in favor of rapid output. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining quality and understanding code rather than relying on AI. The author advocates for strong engineering practices and a return to foundational coding disciplines to ensure maintainability and ownership of codebases without being overwhelmed by technical debt.