What's really happening inside your codebase when AI writes code nobody fully understands?
The common story is that dark code is a security or engineering quality problem. But the reality is more complicated: it's an organizational capability crisis that is only going to get worse.
In this video, I share the inside scoop on dark code and what actually fixes it:
• Why observability and agent pipelines don't solve the core problem
• How spec-driven development forces comprehension before code exists
• What self-describing systems look like and why they matter at AI speed
• Where a comprehension gate catches what the first two layers miss
Every builder, founder, and engineering leader shipping AI-generated code right now faces a choice: treat dark code as an organizational discipline problem, or keep driving with the headlights off.
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