How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt
A post on simonwillison.net is cited by 29 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).
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29blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 29 | 31 |
| Last 90 days | 2 | 2 |
| Last 30 days | 1 | 1 |
| Last 7 days | 1 | 1 |
| First cited | 15 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 5 |
| External links | 3 |
| Length | 334 |
1 this week (still settling) · peak 7
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| Week of | Value |
|---|---|
| 9 Feb 2026 | 5 |
| 16 Feb 2026 | 7 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | 3 |
| 2 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 9 Mar 2026 | 4 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 1 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 2 |
| 27 Apr 2026 | 0 |
| 4 May 2026 | 0 |
| 11 May 2026 | 1 |
| 18 May 2026 | 0 |
| 25 May 2026 | 0 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 0 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 0 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1 (still settling) |
Shape: spike. Half of its 28 citing blogs had cited it after 11 days; 0% first cited it more than a year on.
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 1 blog has no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Who cited it
Cited by 29 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 20, books and writing 1, ideas and humanities 1, unclassified 7.
- Technology20
- Books and writing1
- Ideas and humanities1
- Unclassified7
Words blogs link it with
The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.
- cognitive debt6 blogs
- simon willison5 blogs
- blog1 blog
- cognitive1 blog
- cognitive debt is the new name for this challenge.1 blog
Cited by 29 blogs in 31 posts
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linked as “describes losing his mental model of some of his own projects after generating features without revi…”
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linked as “Cognitive Debt”
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