I keep seeing this claim that software has suddenly become more buggy and unreliable since the advent of agentic coding, and I'm like… have folks just not been paying attention for the last decade?

Software has been getting progressively buggier and more unreliable every year for as long as I can remember

I'm not saying AI isn't increasing the rate of garbage code, but I do wonder how you can tell the difference between vibe coded shit and regular organic shit, because it smells the same to me

@nicklockwood on the other hand, people report that the reduced (!) mental load has enabled them to build higher quality code: https://go.peterfriese.dev/coding-agents-for-production
Coding agents for production iOS: a senior engineer's setup for 2x the output

How I doubled my output as a senior iOS engineer using coding agents daily for 8 months.

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