Topic: tech-labor

Claims that AI agents can build complex systems to “99% completion” deserve careful interpretation.

The missing 1% is not evenly distributed work. It is not a handful of edge cases waiting to be patched. In real systems, the last 1% is usually the…

I still see posts claiming “AI won’t replace developers, it makes dumb mistakes.” Yes, it does. Think of the infamous Taco Bell ordering bot that spat out 18,000 drinks. MIT research also shows that AI often fails to boost senior developers’…