// Hacker Noon · 22 April 2026

What Happens When AI Can Write Code But Not Explain It?

AI coding agents ship features faster than ever, but the humans inheriting that code can't explain how it works. Addy Osmani calls it "comprehension debt." The data backs it up: pull requests up 20%, incidents up 23.5%, maintenance costs at 4x by year two, and 45% of AI-generated code carrying known...

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