the argument is not "agentic coding can only produce worthless slop", it's "agentic coding encourages and rewards producing worthless slop".
It's always¹ possible to forge an uphill path. It's possible to write legible Perl, safe shell scripts, and fast Python, too.
I think we both agree that the danger to the craft and industry comes from pairing a tool that rewards and conceals low quality with an outreach effort to get new developers to learn with it.
1/2
¹: well, almost always
Ben Zanin
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