AI-Generated Code Is 'Pain Waiting to Happen' — Manager Enthusiasm Outpaces Developer Readiness

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The Register documents a growing gap between AI coding tool adoption and developer training: managers' enthusiasm has outpaced developers' ability to learn the tools, with business expectations running ahead of mental models. The piece warns of technical debt accumulation from AI-generated code entering production faster than teams can review, maintain, and debug it — a maintenance time bomb that won't surface until the next production crisis.