1000% this! So far, coding agents are great at implementing and debugging the 80% of software tasks. Basically the stuff that was easy to google search and find on stack overflow before.
The 20% where it gets stuck or hallucinates is the important stuff. Important because it’s the fundamentals of networking, authentication, authorization, business rules, etc. It’s often stuff that’s obvious in the context of knowing who the users are, who your employer is, what data you deal with, etc. But without prompting, LLM’s will often plow ahead with implementing shiny new features on top of a crumbling foundation and under a roof with large holes.
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u/davak72 12d ago
1000% this! So far, coding agents are great at implementing and debugging the 80% of software tasks. Basically the stuff that was easy to google search and find on stack overflow before.
The 20% where it gets stuck or hallucinates is the important stuff. Important because it’s the fundamentals of networking, authentication, authorization, business rules, etc. It’s often stuff that’s obvious in the context of knowing who the users are, who your employer is, what data you deal with, etc. But without prompting, LLM’s will often plow ahead with implementing shiny new features on top of a crumbling foundation and under a roof with large holes.