Thomas Joulin
Chris EidhofI wrote a bit of a brain dump of my experiences with agentic coding. I feel threatened, I'm unsure about the future but I absolutely believe it's going to stay: https://chris.eidhof.nl/post/agentic-coding/
Marcin Krzyzanowski@chris "I think we still need a very strong understanding of what’s happening to be truly effective." I relate to that strongly https://mastodon.social/@krzyzanowskim/114814274317036159
Jerry Tromp@chris I share your experiences, and I wonder if maintainability will eventually also no longer be a requirement.
However, what bothers me the most probably is energy use and its consequences. It doesn’t look very great.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
reinierl@chris This is pretty much my experience but written more cleanly. Agentic coding systems do pretty complex tasks amazingly quick with a passable result and then I'm like "hey, not so fast, let me check if this is really what I want".
Thinking sometimes about how I majored in AI, then chose artisanal coding as a career because I like the control and the domain learning that come with it, and now face AI coming back at me to destroy the job I love. That's the same for you eh?
dasdom@chris Thank you for your insight!
You mention TDD in your article. Are you using the lib ViewInspector to test SwiftUI views or are your "just" doing TDD for view models and stuff?
Blair@chris Great post, I feel similarly to you. I think unfortunately there’s a correlation between people having more “success” with agents and having a lower bar for quality.
@Noobish1 I think you might be right, but I also believe you *can* get high quality output and still be more productive. You have to keep an open mind, stay critical and stay very involved.
Mindaugas RudokasOne more balanced take. 👏
“But, Chris, you are loosing the ENGAGEMENT by not choosing cultism or denialism side.” :)
Thanks for sharing!
This is another sane take:
https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/07/llm-coding-and-the-sunk-cost-fallacy/
by @colincornaby
