Why Are We Still Doing This?

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Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Post Opus 4.5, this pundit who does not write software has concluded that the case for coding agents has gotten weaker, not stronger, to the point where we might as well declare the debate settled in his favor. It takes him 8,000 words to do so.
He uses financial numbers to back it up. What are SWE's using? The stock market?Is the DOW being 50k enough of a justification?
Oh. Sorry! I didn't realize he was using Financial Numbers to back it up.