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On owning a codebase, and why it may be the hardest job in software

AI coding agents are producing more code than ever, but the world still runs on massive, decades-old codebases. Why owning and understanding them may be the hardest job in software.

Source: Sourcegraph Blog · sourcegraph.com Published 2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00 Detected 2026-07-29T13:20:26+00:00
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AI coding agents are producing more code than ever, but the world still runs on massive, decades-old codebases. Why owning and understanding them may be the hardest job in software.

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