You still have to refactor, even with AI · Adam Jacob
https://www.adamhjk.com/blog/you-still-have-to-refactor-even-with-ai/ ↗Engineering with AI Agents doesn't mean you get to skip the fundamentals
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Hard-won technical writeup from a builder with genuine skin in the game — Adam is working directly with agents on real software (Swamp), shares a specific debugging example, and delivers an earned perspective on how engineering practice shifts when you're augmenting the agent rather than the reverse.
Engineering with AI Agents doesn't mean you get to skip the fundamentals