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Just Aim the Cannon Correctly

A response to James Shore's post about AI coding agents and maintenance debt, advocating for using difficulty scores to reduce friction rather than abandoning LLM tools.

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  • Maintenance cost is the true bottleneck in long-term productivity.
  • Difficulty score framework helps identify and reduce operational friction.
  • LLMs are effective for optimizing inner loops and reducing dependencies.
  • Avoid using LLMs solely for feature addition; focus on reducing maintenance debt.

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