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by anelson 373 days ago
I’ve experienced this as well. If management is not competent they can’t tell (or don’t want to hear) when a “star” performer is actually a very expensive wrapper around a $20/mo cursor subscription.

Unlike the author of the article I do get a ton of value from coding agents, but as with all tools they are less than useless when wielded incompetently. This becomes more damaging in an org that already has perverse incentives which reward performative slop over diligent and thoughtful engineering.
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skydhash 373 days ago
Git blame can do a lot in those situations. Find the general location of the bug, then assign everyone that has touched it to the ticket.
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cardanome 373 days ago
Is that really something you are doing in your job?

Most of my teams have been very allergic to assigning personal blame and management very focused on making sure everyone can do everything and we are always replaceable. So maybe I could phrase it like "X could help me with this" but saying X is responsible for the bug would be a no no.

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skydhash 373 days ago
Not really. I was talking more in the context of the parent comment. If your management is dysfunctional, allowing AI slop without the accountability, then you go with this extreme measure.

I don't mind fixing bugs, but I do mind reckless practices that introduce them.

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