How Code in the Age of AI Becomes Write-Only and Disposable
InfoQ, Thursday, August 20th, 2026
AI-generated code is write-only and disposable, making tests the documentation and automation the reviewer.
Phillip Mortimer argues that AI makes all code write-only because it is too dense to read comprehensively. Tests define behavior and serve as the real documentation.
Code becomes disposable, easier to rewrite than to debug. Human code review does not scale, so automated review and self-healing agents listening to observability platforms become essential.
Developers should focus on creativity and intent rather than implementation detail.