Why “maintainable” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> and let’s be honest, most code in the wild is pretty bad Most code in general is bad by some metric, and likely many metrics. Let’s not pretend that closed-source, in-house co…
by dpark · Sep 22, 2026
> There's a continuum between "vibe coded by someone with no technical knowledge or inclination" and "hand written domain driven design development". You can absolutely use codi…
by palmotea · Sep 22, 2026
> But yes, the coding agents will not magically make everything maintainable if you don't tell them to. You say that like adding "Make it maintainable." to your prompts solves t…
by CivBase · Sep 22, 2026
Those metrics don't amount to wisdom. Wisdom is something like realizing that you don't have to special-case some code over <here>, you just need to create a new reusable primit…
by dualvariable · Sep 22, 2026
I have not found it difficult to get these systems to write maintainable code. You're probably correct that most people don't care about this so they don't bother to do so. But…
by sanderjd · Sep 22, 2026
A book that has shaped my thinking on AI, and much else besides, has been Horkheimer's Eclipse of Reason. This book gives a conceptual groundwork for what I believe to be both t…
by EarthBlues · Sep 22, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "maintainable" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "maintainable" over time.
Maintainability is the inherent design characteristic of a system or product that determines the probability that it can be retained in, or restored to, a specified operating condition within a given time when maintenance is performed under prescribed conditions using specified procedures and resources. Read more on Wikipedia