Ask HN: Is anybody producing good code with coding agents?
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This is a genuine problem that I hear from senior engineers. I'm looking for a solution.
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The quality of ai-generated code is <censored> (claude, agy, copilot, codex a little better).
It's exhausting to read.
I used to love learning from my experienced colleagues and taking pride in what we made. We spent time on elegance and craftsmanship.
Now I spend nearly the whole workday slogging through convoluted code riddled with footguns. I ride on hopes and dreams I might understand a changeset.
It takes 5x longer to review Claude merge requests and I barely understand what I approve.
Each day I drift further from understanding as I shovel the same <censored> into the codebase.
The solution seems to be, reach "level 4 autonomy" and don't read or write code anymore.
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WHO HAS SOLVED THIS PROBLEM? PLEASE HELP!
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