[danpalmer]

Limiting state is the big problem here in my opinion. I’ve also noticed the tendency of AI tools to just add more variables to make things work, which is fine for write-only code, but makes it harder for humans and AI tools to maintain it in the future.

However I think this is also the hard bit for humans to do. It’s one of the most frequent stumbling blocks I see for more junior engineers, and one of the things I notice most when working with code from people who are really good programmers.