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You are asking two very different questions here. i.e. You are asking a question about whether using agents to write code is net-positive, and then you go on a
by damnitbuilds 9mo ago
You are asking two very different questions here.
i.e. You are asking a question about whether using agents to write code is net-positive, and then you go on about not reviewing the code agents produce.
I suspect agents are often net-positive AND one has to review their code. Just like most people's code.
- spolitry 9mo agoIt seems that people feel code review is a cost, but time spent writing code is not a cost because it feels productive.
- swiftcoder 9mo agoI don't think that's quite it - review is a recurring cost which you pay on every new PR, whereas writing code is a cost you pay once. If you are continually accumulating technical debt due to an over-enthusiastic junior developer (or agent) churning out a lot of poorly-conceived code, then the recurring costs will sink you in the long run
- damnitbuilds 9mo ago"review is a recurring cost which you pay on every new PR, whereas writing code is a cost you pay once." Huh ? Every new PR is new code which is a new cost ?
- swiftcoder 9mo ago> Every new PR is new code which is a new cost ? Every new PR interacts with existing code, and the complexity of those interactions increases steadily over time