Cheng Lou Urges Developers To Rethink Best Practices For AI Coders

6:15 PM · Jul 20, 2026

As the quantity of code explodes in the next few years, I hope the folks worrying about quality can rest assured that there’s evidence that our ability to verify even the most casual vibe code can keep up with the amount of slop Turns out that math was the ultimate spec

CL Cheng Lou@_chenglou

6:14 PM · Jul 20, 2026

As a second order effect, the more we use tools like Freerange, the better the AI models become, because we’d feed it more correct code data & better reinforcement learning. What better to teach to AI, if not more practical maths?

CL Cheng Lou@_chenglou

6:15 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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I invite you to re-examine your own domain carefully and see whether a tipping point is already here for you: how much of what we do, of our existing “best practice” patterns, should be rewritten to leverage a sufficiently smart coder? Ask your agent; you might be surprised!

CL Cheng Lou@_chenglou

6:14 PM · Jul 20, 2026

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But AI doesn’t care; it’ll cut through the thick layers made for humans and rewrite code as fast and as well as needed The sweet spot of what constitutes “good code” is gradually shifting in the age of AI; we’ve been having delayed reactions

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