Why Vendor Reliability Matters More in AI-Augmented Development
When the Stack Stops It’s 2:00 PM on February 9th, 2026. I’m in flow—code is shipping, tests are green, the AI assistant is humming along. Then: nothing. I can’t push or pull code—the entire AI-augmented development workflow is frozen. By 2:30 PM, service is restored. Thirty minutes of downtime. But here’s the thing: this isn’t really about GitHub. It’s about how AI-augmented development changes the calculus of vendor reliability. When your workflow depends on AI assistance maintaining context across your entire codebase, vendor downtime isn’t just inconvenient—it disrupts the exponential productivity gains that make AI development transformative. ...