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The Age of Suspicion: Why AI Made Authenticity Expensive

surprisefox — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:29:25 +0000

Article URL: https://bennorthmore.com/journals/welcome-to-the-suspicion-economy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48769181

Points: 4

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surprisefox — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:50:25 +0000

Interesting take and I don't want to dismiss your experience but it's not mine.

15+ years writing code and refining it, learning. Is AI code as good? Definitely not. Is it 80-90% or the way there with correct linting, agent setup and rules? Absolutely.

It's quality vs speed vs cost adage

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surprisefox — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:47:49 +0000

> I miss writing code

This hits hard. I used to feel a joy and sense of pride in finishing a day.

I am trying to find joys in other ways, like shipping quickly while keeping quality but engineering really has changed in a short space of time.

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surprisefox — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:33:14 +0000

I get it :) appreciate you being open minded

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surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:01:28 +0000

Thanks for the discussion by the way :) It's refreshing to chat outside of my own mind and get a fresh take

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surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:59:54 +0000

Totally with you, it does feel fragile. Something hard to come to terms with for me is how much we actually care about the way something has been done itself

if there are three equally good ways of solving a problem, it seems like reading every line stops feeling like a good use of time (and maybe even kills the speed gains of ai assistance)

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surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:46:17 +0000

Very relatable. I've definitely found myself spending more time in discussions recently too. I kind of take the AI comment as a compliment to be honest. Its a shame the message can get dismissed so quickly because of it but I understand why people are suspicious now

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surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:34:35 +0000

Not AI. Just a bored developer with an evening to spare.

It's interesting though people seem to assume everything is ai-generated now

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surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:32:51 +0000

I think it's a fair point, now code gen is much quicker, keeping commits slim is a challenge in itself. Agree the big repo platforms don't really do any favours in that department

Code Reviews Don't Scale

surprisefox — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:06:31 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@ben.g.northmore/the-death-of-code-reviews-as-we-know-them-d9a3e8d6795e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48753745

Points: 4

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