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Quoting voxium

Simon Willison · Sep 20, 2026 · Industry Trends

A new hire reports their big-company team is forced to ship Claude Code output nobody reads or understands.

“People are working 12 to 13 hours a day just to press enter. Nobody is reading anything.”

An engineer describes a company where all specs, code, tests, and tickets are generated by Claude Code, with management treating code output as unlimited and pressuring staff to ship without review. It's a viral anecdote highlighting the organizational dysfunction and quality risks of mandating AI coding tools without human oversight.

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