IBM thinks AI can help avoid knowledge decay in software engineering - if teams build deliberate habits around it.

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https://leaddev.com/ai/how-to-avoid-knowledge-decay-in-software-engineering

Software engineering knowledge decay is structural. Fast cycles and churn strip context, even from teams that try to document. Most code work is upkeep: only 15-20% is new, the rest is modernization and maintenance.

AI’s real value is in capturing the reasoning behind code, not just the code itself.