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The debt AI code carries, and which of it charges interest.
AI-generated code carries duplication, stray dependencies, tests that assert the current bug, and scattered configuration — but debt only costs you where you will touch that code again. Humanized Code sorts yours by what it will actually cost you, for $50, and returns that list in writing with a fixed quote inside 48 hours.
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Generated debt has a recognizable shape
Duplication instead of abstraction, because each session begins with no memory of the last: the same date formatter written four times, four slightly different ways. Dependencies added to solve five-line problems, each one another thing that can break on its own schedule. Configuration wherever it was first needed rather than anywhere consistent.
And the one that catches people out: tests written after the fact assert whatever the code currently does. If the behavior was wrong, the test now certifies it, and you have a green check sitting on top of the bug. A passing suite on a generated project tells you less than you would like.
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Not all of it needs paying
Debt only charges interest where you go back. A duplicated helper in a page nobody will ever edit again costs you nothing, forever, and refactoring it is a hobby. The same duplication in your checkout, your login, or the model everything else reads from is expensive, because you will touch those constantly and every visit costs a little more.
So we rank it by cost-to-change rather than by tidiness. Most of the list comes back marked "leave this alone", which is not the answer a tool that grades your codebase will give you, and is usually the right one.
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- Should I clean it up before launching?
- Usually not. Launch, then pay down the debt in the parts you find yourself editing. Refactoring code you turn out never to touch is the most common way to spend a month on nothing.
- Does this get worse the more I use AI?
- Only where you keep regenerating the same areas. Structure helps in both directions — a codebase with clear patterns gives the model better material to work from next time.
- How do you measure it?
- By what it costs to change, not by a score. Every item names the work it will make harder and roughly how much.
- Is a rewrite ever the right answer?
- Occasionally, and we will say so — usually when the data model is wrong rather than when the code is untidy. It is a rarer verdict than the internet suggests.