Joel Gascoigne
Joel Gascoigne

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How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern From Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt ↗

simonwillison.net

This reflection from Simon Willison back in February has continued to stick with me. As we utilize AI more and more to build faster, we need to be mindful of the risk of losing a mental model of what we've built, and how the whole system is connected. Without this, we'll lose confidence and conviction for how to keep growing the system over time.

June 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm