Would it not be a new paradigm, where the generated code from AI is segregated and treated like a binary blob? You don't change it (beyond perhaps some cosmetic, or superficial changes that the AI missed). You keep the prompt(s), and maintain that instead. And for new changes you want added, the prompts are either modified, or appended to.
Sounds like a nondeterministic nightmare
indeed - https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-software-library-with-... appears to be exactly that - the idea that the only leverage you have for fixing bugs is updating prompts (and, to be fair, test cases, which you should be doing for every bug anyway) is kind of upsetting as someone who thinks software can actually work :-)
(via simonw, didn't see it already on HN)