If code is so cheap, sometimes you create it and don't even bother committing it.

· Bits and Bobs 2/9/26
  • If code is so cheap, sometimes you create it and don't even bother committing it.
    • For example, imagine having a research goblin go off and explore how you'd integrate a new library.
    • The goal isn't so much to actually implement it, but rather to research how hard it will be and what has to change.
    • The research is the point, not the code.
    • Don't even bother committing that code.
    • Committed code has to be maintained or it becomes a liability.
    • Before, code was so precious that of course you'd commit it.
    • LLMs have made it so easy to produce code that the balance point has tipped away from committing code.