HTML All The Things - Web Development, Web Design, Small Business

Is AI Coding Making Technical Debt Worse?

September 19, 2026·20 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Is AI coding making technical debt worse, or could it help us finally clean it up? In this edition of the Web News, Matt and Mike debate how tighter deadlines, unchecked code, and AI’s context limits affect maintainability - and whether clean code still matters when AI can navigate the mess. Inspired by this r/webdev discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1wi3mi5/is_vibe_coding_creating_a_hidden_technical_debt/ Show Notes: https://www.htmlallthethings.com/podcast/is-ai-coding-making-technical-debt-worse

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