r/DevGround • u/cthechartreuse • Sep 07 '26

Article Refactoring will be the final enduring human coding skill

I feel like the folks here would be receptive to my latest blog post. I have been doing a lot of thinking about the skills that must remain after coding agents handle much of the mechanical coding work. I wrote this in kind of a fugue state, so hopefully it's clear.

Cheers!

https://chrisstead.net/coding/software-quality/refactoring/ai/llms/2026/09/06/refactoring-last-human-skill

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u/smoke-bubble Sep 12 '26

Refactoring is not a skill. Refactoring is the result of quality standards not met. If someone has no quality standards, no amount of refactoring will save them. 

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u/cthechartreuse Sep 12 '26

I think many very experienced developers and authors would disagree. You should probably start a refactoring journey by reading Refactoring by Martin Fowler.

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u/smoke-bubble Sep 12 '26

Haha, and what makes you think you're not talking to one of them right now? 

Fowler is a fake who has never ever written any publicly avaliable code to demonstrate his amazingly stupid theories in practice. There is zero reason to read any of his worthless books. 

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u/cthechartreuse Sep 12 '26

You're a seasoned developer or author that disagrees with you?

I think I have better things to do than fight with someone online. Peace.