Code is a liability (not an asset)
Code is a liability (not an asset)  
Podcast: Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com
Published On: Mon Jan 19 2026
Description: This week on my podcast, I read “Code is a liability (not an asset),” a recent post from my Pluralistic.net blog, about the bad ideas behind the drive to replace programmers with chatbots. Code is a liability. Code’s capabilities are assets. The goal of a tech shop is to have code whose capabilities generate more... more