Amazon Broke Its Own App Chasing AI Bonuses
Amazon laid off 30,000 engineers, then told the survivors their bonuses depend on how much AI they use to write code.
Shockingly, engineers optimized for the metric. AI-generated code shipped straight to production. The shopping app started breaking. Multiple outages followed.
Management's response: mandatory meeting. Blame the engineers. Zero self-reflection on the policy that created exactly this outcome.
This is what happens when executives who don't understand software treat code like a cost center. You get what you incentivize.
BREAKING: Amazon reportedly holds mandatory meeting after “vibe coded” changes trigger major outages.
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