# Why AI-Generated Software Often Lacks Distinctive Taste

DevFeed: [Why AI-Generated Software Often Lacks Distinctive Taste](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/taste-37857.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/taste/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2026-02-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [writing-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing-code.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that AI can make developers more productive and generate software quickly, but its output often feels generic and soulless. Drawing on Richard W. Hamming's ideas about developing personal style and judgment, the author suggests that distinctive taste helps people choose important problems and make better software.

## Source excerpt

Code is cheap, show me the... what exactly?