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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by kenjackson on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @02:59PM (#50185840)
We do pretty much just use compilers now though. The last time I read dissassembly to fix an issue was at least a decade ago. Even bytecode I rarely look at.

So you're saying that we'll still be coding, but it will be through talking to our agents and only occasionally we will look at generated source? That seems like a pretty big change still.

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Re:The compiler was supposed to end programming too by sadilek on Thursday October 22, 2026 @01:27PM (#50198425)
Yes, it's a huge change. For me, it has already happened, and I like it. Since the end of September, agents have made about 960 commits to a project of mine, and I haven't written or read a line of its code.

About 6 months ago, I mostly stopped reading the code. And since a few weeks, I also stopped testing the changes manually. Before, it felt like I was the agents' QA department. Now, each agent shows me its change running in the app, in a short narrated screen recording. A fix takes me 30 seconds to watch. When something is off, I say what, and the agent goes another round.

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