Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It - The New York Times

kept by eddie mar 13

A.I. coding agents shift programmers from writing code to orchestrating agents, debugging, and prompt engineering, fundamentally changing the role.

Ask HN: What's it like working in big tech recently with all the AI tools?
Big tech engineers report AI tools increase PR volume and development speed but also introduce more bugs, reduce code review quality, and shift culture toward quantity over quality.
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Skill engineering and the case against one-shot AI design
Paul Bakaus argues AI agents need “skill engineering” to give designers precise control, rejecting full automation in favor of human judgment steering the final 20% of creative work.
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