The Telephone Game of Software: How Intent Gets Lost From Idea to Production

Published on 25.03.2026

AI & AGENTS

The Telephone Game of Software

TLDR: Software development is fundamentally a translation act — from what you want to achieve to what ends up in production. AI is forcing us to rethink every step of that translation chain, and the concept of "intent" is becoming central to how we discuss engineering workflows.

The Telephone Game of Software

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