My understanding of your argument is:

Because agents are good on this one specific axis (which I agree with and use fwiw), there’s no reason to object to them as a whole

My argument is:

The juice isn’t worth the squeeze. The small win (among others) is not worth the amounts of slop devs now have to deal with.

> This is the part where I simply don't understand the objections people have to coding agents

Because I have a coworker who is pushing slop at unsustainable levels, and proclaiming to management how much more productive he is. It’s now even more of a risk to my career to speak up about how awful his PRs are to review (and I’m not the only one on the team who wishes to speak up).

The internet is rife with people who claim to be living in the future where they are now a 10x dev. Making these claims costs almost nothing, but it is negatively effecting mine and many others day to day.

I’m not necessarily blaming these internet voices (I don’t blame a bear for killing a hiker), but the damage they’re doing is still real.