Posting a clip from his Rails World 2026 opening keynote, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote: "It's pencils down, people. Writing code by hand is no longer an economically viable skill for most programmers at most companies.
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DHH tells Rails World that hand-written code is no longer viable at 37signals, and the AI Coding Dictionary formally defines software factory and dark factory.
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The lane's two central terms get formal definitions
The AI Coding Dictionary, maintained by Matt Pocock's AI Hero, has added entries for "software factory" and "dark factory," the two terms this publication is named for. It defines a software factory as "a system of work where triggers,…