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Coding Agents Spark Existential Crisis Among Software Engineers
AI coding agents now write pull requests, tests, and microservices in seconds, causing unease among engineers. The friction of manual coding—once a source of joy—is being replaced by machine-generated output. Some developers are choosing to step back from AI tools to preserve the craft's intrinsic satisfaction.
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The piece captures a real sentiment, but the shift may be overstated: coding agents are tools, not replacements, and the demand for skilled architects remains high.
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