When to AI We don’t use AI tools all the time for everything. Whether we turn to them is a subliminal internal negotiational we make like with any machine. Sometimes we take the stairs instead of an escalator or walk to our destination instead of drive. Often we pick something up without rolling out the vacuum. ...
How AI Coding Breaks Down
The diagram above is called the Day 50 Problem. It shows the drift in the utility of vibe coding as time progresses on the scale of days to weeks. On Day 0 of AI coding you get great results. But as time goes on the utility of the AI coding decreases until you eventually fall-back to human. This is because the responsibility that the model is entrusted with over the project increases with propotion to time past acceptable levels. This is a problem dating back to the 1800s which is at the heart of control theory. ...