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Published by Addy Osmani (T1.5 source). The original is at https://addyosmani.com/blog/software-factories/.

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Addy Osmani frames AI-driven software production as a 'software factory' running build loops at scale. He distinguishes 'light factories' (humans in the loop) from 'dark factories' (agents scope, build, and ship without human reading), arguing the central task is choosing which checks to build and how much autonomy to delegate.

Offers a concise mental model for calibrating human oversight in agentic coding, though it remains a framing rather than a concrete playbook.

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