The forcing argument has merit, it should not be forced, in fact they should say very little about how we do our work. But the "rubber-stamp" framing is wrong,

The forcing argument has merit, it should not be forced, in fact they should say very little about how we do our work. But the "rubber-stamp" framing is wrong, if it were true then you would not be needed at all. It's actually harder to use gen AI than to code manually. Gen AI has a rapid pace and overwhelming quantity of code you need to ensure is not broken in non-obvious ways. You need to layer constraints, tests, feedback systems for self repair and handle memories across contexts. I recently vibe coded 100K LOC across dozens of apps, I feel the rush of power in coding agents but also the danger. At any moment they could hallucinate, misunderstand or use a different premise than you did. Going past 1000 LOC requires sustained focus, it will quickly unravel into a mess otherwise.