# Bookmarked: Re: Adding Thousands of Lines to Your Codebase Is… · brennan.day

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-11-10
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/11/10/re-adding-thousands-of-lines-to-your-codebase-is-brennan-day/
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BKB rightly points out that lines of code isn't a metric to be proud of. However, I find that to be an easy strawman to dismantle. 

> Generating the app is "free" now, sure. Knowing what the app is *for* still isn't. Friction used to sit between "idea" and "shipped product," forcing you to sit with a problem and understand it.

I worry that anyone that is used to programming and is skeptical about AI might be missing a potential point here. 

The product needs to be safe, it needs to take care of privacy and prompting isn't a guarantee for this all to happen. Shipping something without fully understanding what you are shipping is a risk. However, the flip side of the narrative is something that we should be serious of as well - the most secure stance is to not ship anything. 

I myself am trying to look past the peacocking to look at what people are sharing and consider where they are drawing boundaries for themselves, where are they drawing the balance between programming as a means to an end. 

With that grace, I truly believe that everyone is genuinely trying to find the right balance when using these tools. To me this wild west that we have is a necessary part of finding the boundaries, which themselves are fast changing.

*Source:* [brennan.day](https://brennan.day/adding-thousands-of-lines-to-your-codebase-isnt-impressive-its-actually-bad/)