Episode

Is AI Coding Making Technical Debt Worse?

Podcast: HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers
Published: Sep 19, 2026
Duration seconds: 1226
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Summary

Is AI coding making technical debt worse, or could it help us clean it up? Matt and Mike discuss how pressure to ship faster can lead to messy codebases, debate whether clean code still matters when AI can navigate the chaos, and explore why developers need time to tackle the mess.