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'Diff Debt' vs Technical Debt: Why AI Code Needs Human Review
A developer coins 'diff debt' to describe code merged without proper human understanding, distinct from intentional technical debt. AI-generated code makes this worse by producing clean-looking diffs that bypass review. Teams face hidden liabilities when code is approved faster than it can be read.
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The concept highlights a real blind spot in AI-assisted development, but the distinction may blur in practice—all debt is ultimately technical.
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Technical Debt vs Diff Debt, and Why I Stopped Treating Them as the Same Thing →
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