Comment by grabshot_dev

This is a great observation. I've noticed the same pattern with AI-generated code and deployment configs. Ask it to set up a Node.js service and it will happily write a new PM2 ecosystem file every time rather than noticing you already have one with shared configuration.

The "make the change easy first" mindset requires understanding what already exists, which is fundamentally a compression/abstraction task. Current models are biased toward generation over refactoring because generating new code has a clearer reward signal than improving existing structure. Until that changes, the human still needs to be the one saying "stop, let's restructure this first."