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by fsuts 19 days ago
Coding agents are brilliant for the 9-5 it’s just a job type of coder as if it done quick and works (for now) the business leaders are happy.

And brilliant for the expert in a particular language who can read the code very quickly

But for everyone else, adds some anxiety as multiple files get changed, hundreds of code lines appear and so on.

The decision is whether to go slower and be thorough or vibe code and trust it won’t back fire through a critical bug

Majority of devs are like all other employees, they get paid to work, are put under pressure to deliver faster and so coding agents allow them to clock out at 5pm and go home to follow their actual interests and hobbies

1 comments

Yep, I think right now one of the best use cases is one-off disposable code for things that I don't really care about and don't want to do. At least, that's what I'm mostly using them for