[godelski]

  > Which makes it a simpler problem.

Yes, which is what I stated in the first comment

  > I'd say SOTA AI coding systems are better than 1 and still improving.

I'm including Fable. I use agents every day. They still are very sloppy and hyper fixated on tasks and are poor at making code flexible and maintainable in the long run.

But again, I'm not surprised because that is the modus operandi of the typical Silicon Valley programmer (irrespective of seniority). They leave in their wake bugs that are avoidable and unnecessary and significant amounts of tech debt.

But then again, no one ever gets credit for squashing bugs before they exist. The agents are just as myopic as we are