The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563), a vast spiralling tower under construction, still unfinished at the top.

I'm Victor Pierre, a backend engineer in Amsterdam.

I have built backend systems since 2013, mostly in Go: payments, identity and commerce. More about me.

No. 23 30 August 2026

Code Comprehension in the Age of AI

To keep AI-generated code understandable, make only changes you can explain and maintain a short map of the system's architecture.

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