https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Code Reviews Articles feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/system-comprehension-evolutionary-architecture/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Code+Reviews-articles <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/system-comprehension-evolutionary-architecture/en/headerimage/header-1786087830832.jpg"/><p>As AI commoditizes code output, system comprehension silently decays, creating cognitive debt that threatens safe architectural evolution. This article explores why human understanding must be treated as an essential architectural characteristic, offering actionable strategies, socio-technical metrics, and design checkpoints to preserve intent across modern engineering teams.</p> <i>By Jacobus Meintjes, Narayana Rengaswamy, Paul Katsande, Sureshbabu Bikki</i> Generative AI Architecture ICSAET Evolutionary Architecture InfoQ Certification Program Code Reviews Leadership Development Architecture & Design Culture & Methods article Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/system-comprehension-evolutionary-architecture/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Code+Reviews-articles Jacobus Meintjes, Narayana Rengaswamy, Paul Katsande, Sureshbabu Bikki 2026-08-10T11:00:00Z /articles/system-comprehension-evolutionary-architecture/en