ai cannot cut code - only add

But in the aftermath - 84 thousand! We went 20k -> 84k on “improvements” to the quality of the codebase.

Fun experiement in having AI ‘make the code better’. Results. A code base 4x the size with no new features.. Fun

_{Quote Citation: gricha.dev, “The highest quality codebase”, December 7, 2025, https://gricha.dev/blog/the-highest-quality-codebase}