@simonw: The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even hard…
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The author argues that coding agents, despite their capabilities, make software engineering more challenging and require extraordinary discipline, referencing recent AI models like Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 in the discussion.
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The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder
We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge
Gergely Orosz (@GergelyOrosz): Bury your head in the ground at your own risk. I aim to not jump on any hype trains, but since Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 + the harnesses it was clear that these things can write code nearly as good as I can in my best language; better in other languages.
But we won’t see non-devs
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