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Conceptual integrity and counting lines of code

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Simon discusses on the Talking Postgres podcast how AI coding agents can significantly increase lines of production-ready code but require skilled engineers to maintain quality and conceptual integrity. He highlights that cognitive capacity limits team size despite AI productivity gains and warns of software complexity risks akin to the Winchester Mystery House analogy.

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