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Re:Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them ... by Leynos on Monday February 02, 2026 @04:49AM (#46854175)
> “Add this configuration variable for this entry point; split this class into two classes, one for each of the responsibilities that are currently crammed together; update the unit tests to reflect these changes, including splitting the tests for the old class into two different test classes; etc”

That's the type of input I give to Claude / Codex. Works for me.

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Re:Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them ... by datsci_est_2015 on Monday February 02, 2026 @07:15AM (#46855109)
Yes, but then you’re not the bleeding edge of agentic coding as described in this article, then. The bleeding edge is “Hey agent, turn this 30 sheet excel workbook into a Python script” and all of the AGENTS.md required to make that happen.
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