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The latest issue of Complex Machinery is out.

A lot of people have written off the collapse of Builder AI as a simple case of AI startup tomfoolery. From what I've seen, Builder's problems were more complicated than that. But also, in a way, a lot simpler.

In "Small-batch, hand-crafted code" I talk about Builder, the complications of AI-generated code, and ... the Panama Canal?

Yes. The Panama Canal. You'll see.

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