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How To De-Slop A Codebase Ruined By AI (with one skill)

242K views · Apr 29, 2026 · Science & Technology

Comments · 278

  • @Connardinho · 13 days ago (edited)

    Don't forget architecture is not just a set of static  rules that can be applied blindly in any codebase, but is actually tightly coupled  to what's your application/module/unit meaning is , inside a broader system

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  • @smaranh · 5 months ago

    That ended on a cliffhanger 😄

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  • @shreyashc · 5 months ago

    one more skill bro, just one more skill, we will have AGI 😂

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  • @James-l5s7k · 5 months ago

    Every last concept you brought up just makes me want to only use Pascal XD

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  • @MattBodman · 5 months ago

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who wears wrinkly jumpers.  Another great video, thanks Matt!

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  • @SergiySev · 5 months ago

    You are absolutely right!

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  • @firsh · 4 months ago

    Today Claude complimented on my codebase I've recently ran this on: "This codebase is unusually handoff-friendly" :D

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  • @mrshrek8767 · 5 months ago

    Ty matt ur guidence has been increible. I've been able to streamline my process with all of your awesome tips :)

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  • @shaochiehlin8322 · 5 months ago

    Great content, always learned a lot. Thank you Matt

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  • @heliosophist334 · 1 month ago

    I was recently re-reading John Lakos' excellent "Large Scale C++ Software Design" and kinda implemented a similar system. Wish I knew about your agent skills sooner. Great work Matt.

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  • @hello-hello-are-u · 5 months ago

    Thanks a lot, i improved my codebase a lot by using this !

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  • @beloooop · 4 months ago

    Amazing content, thank you so much. I have been using your skills for about a week and it helped me a lot to get much more structure into my projects and overall decrease the mental load. It would be incredibly helpful to have you explain the context.MD and domain model concept. I feel like this is helping me a lot although I initially underappreciated it compared to grill me or TDD.

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