Battle-tested - the new north star for quality
The other day, I was thinking about how I pick my stack.
“Built” means nothing to me anymore. Agents can produce sophisticated code — well-structured, true rocket science. They can build almost anything without breaking a sweat. Tests green, always.
I choose battle-tested implementations. I let time decide which implementations win and which perish. Those that survive must have gone through the brutal cycles of reality: functional issues, security issues, performance issues. Even the most tasteless software, when exposed to enough user feedback, eventually ends up in a slick state (or dies).
I choose mature technologies. Agents can implement anything. The value lies in technologies that actually solve real problems — that have found product-market fit. Only time can tell this.
The next time you want to add that 5-star dependency, how about you let your agent vibe-copy it instead?