Indeed, this is a real problem. However I think that using coding agents can be very useful for Pharo. It can help us to develop features that otherwise we will simply not do. For example I am thinink about Morphic and its window managing system. Morphic is already old code that we do not understand and that we will get rid off. I would like to experiment with Claude to see if we can have that implemented (There is one person on Discord that did this for example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF2Bcl2Mu3Q)Le 8 mai 2026 �� 10:17, Nicolas Anquetil <nicolas.anquetil@inria.fr> a ��crit :About AI and truck factor
This post https://www.shapeandship.ai/p/cheap-to-build-costly-to-keep argues that with AI coding the truck factor tends toward 0...
In a post-mortem, this surfaces as "nobody knew this code existed," which is worse than "only one person knew. ��
They talk about "comprehension debt" (evolution of the technical debt concept)
cheers
nicolas
On 2026-05-07 22:01, Koen De Hondt wrote:
Dear Pharo users and developers,
I posted a first article in a series about using AI in Pharo development. After seeing the world embrace agentic development tools, I decided it was time to look into them and see how they can be used for software development in Pharo.
As always, all feedback is welcome.
Happy reading!
Ciao,
Koen-- Nicolas Anquetil Evref team -- Inria Lille