SkipLabs CEO argues AI coding tools should prioritize correctness over speed, ships code without feedback
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Darryl K. Taft
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Summary
Julien Verlaguet, creator of Facebook's Hack programming language and CEO of SkipLabs, argues that the AI coding tool industry has been solving the wrong problem by focusing on speed rather than correctness. His company's coding agent, Skip, operates like a compiler — it doesn't iterate with user feedback but instead ships code directly when it's verified correct. Verlaguet believes building correct software is fundamentally an architecture problem disguised as a coding problem, and that AI tools should prioritize verification and correctness over rapid iteration.
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The pitch for most AI coding tools is speed. Write a prompt, get a draft, iterate. The faster the model, the theory goes, the faster the software.
This coding agent doesn't want your feedback — it ships without it.
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