AI code generators can accelerate development but risk creating unmaintainable codebases without proper oversight. Research shows AI-generated code has doubled code churn rates and increased copy-pasted code by 48%. The solution requires developers to act as architects rather than prompters, maintaining control through structured workflows that review AI-proposed plans before code generation, ensure component reuse, and keep humans in the decision-making loop. This approach treats AI as an augmentative tool that executes under human architectural guidance, preventing the accumulation of technical debt while leveraging AI's speed.
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