Ask HN: Developers – Do you let agents write production code?
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I know 2 good developers, let's call them Bob and Bill.
Bob does not write code anymore, he orchestrates agents. Says it makes him faster. That the level of slop is the same as with humans. He swears by it.
Bill only uses agents to write tests and do code review. He says even a Fable 5.1 will create 1,000 line slop instead of his 10 line fix. He swears by it.
Both Bob & Bill are both credible developers that have lots of experience at building real things, including at Google.
Do agents still produce slop? Does the 10x engineer really exist? What is your position?
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