Is there a 'right amount' of AI?

The author argues that while avoiding AI entirely in the software one uses is impractical, indie developers should be warier of LLM-assisted coding than the community currently is, because LLMs have no understanding and delegating more to coding agents erodes developers' own comprehension of their code. He discusses the IGF jurists' refusal to vote for any game using generative AI, House House's disclosure that LLMs touched under a percent of a percent of Big Walk's code, and Marco Arment's enthusiastic use of coding agents in Overcast and Fineliner. He concludes that the least LLM-generated code you can use is always zero, and that thoughtfully crafted apps require a human developer with taste and understanding.