AI may turn legacy codebases into liabilities: Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu

The foundations of modern software development may be under threat as generative artificial intelligence evolves rapidly, according to Sridhar Vembu, founder of software-as-a-service company (SaaS) Zoho. In a series of posts on social media platform X, Vembu said that large, existing codebases, long considered prized assets, could soon become burdens.

“If AI makes us 100x productive, why not rewrite the whole thing with AI help?” Vembu asked, highlighting a potential shift in enterprise software strategy. With generative AI tools now able to write…