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Comment by nine_k

20 hours ago

"Own" as in "be responsible for". Nobody is too keen to own a pile of semi-working trash, and extensive vide-coding can produce such piles easily.

Not sure why this is being down voted. Outsourcing work doesn't also outsource accountability.

> "Own" as in "be responsible for". Nobody is too keen to own a pile of semi-working trash

And yet that was the state of software at every company I worked at before FAANG, and even a good amount there...

Anyone can produce low-quality code, with or without AI. Agents have gotten exceptionally good however, and everyone should be including them in their workflow if they're able to.

  • Agents are more prolific. As with any power tool, they increase both your ability to build and to wreak havoc, depending on how you handle them.