While I like the joke, I think it might be obsolete at this point. AI is (unfortunately) here to stay, and giving it a big batch of code and saying “summarize what this does for me” or even “rename the variables for clarity and add comments” works pretty well. As with all things AI, never just trust what it gives you in return, but it can make dealing with this kind of situation 1000x easier.

Even less effort than what? They just released a superman movie that didn’t have anything to do with previous superman movies. Isn’t that the easiest way to do a reboot? How is shoehorning in a multiverse easier?