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Re:Agentic Coding Is a Trap by anon-3988 on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @03:53AM (#48019324)
> Now there actually is time to make things robust if you learn how to do it.

What makes you think you are going to be given time to polish it? You would be pushed to another project. You have more responsibilities with none of the growth.

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Re:Agentic Coding Is a Trap by danenania on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @10:05AM (#48022717)
It takes very little time to polish now.
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Re:Agentic Coding Is a Trap by FridgeSeal on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:00PM (#48030858)
Again, provided you either had the skills.

Or you’re getting the model to do the polishing, thereby developing no skills of your own, and we’re back to the start.

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Re:Agentic Coding Is a Trap by danenania on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:31PM (#48031066)
Getting the model to do it is the skill.
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