Why AI-Generated Code Is Always Good Enough — And Never Great

AI wrote a function for me last week It worked Tests passed Edge cases handled I shipped it. But something bothered me - not enough to rewrite it not enough to flag it in review Just enough to leave a small discomfort I couldn't name. The code was correct It wasn't good. Variable names were vague in a way that was technically fine but practically annoying The logic was nested one level deeper than it needed to be There were three places where a comment would have explained why not just what -...