Simon Willison on Cognitive Debt with Coding Agents
ivanhzhao · x · 2026-07-04
Ivan Zhao reposts Simon Willison's perspective, agreeing with the "understand to participate" framework when dealing with "cognitive debt" in coding agent collaboration—meaning that if developers rely on agents without understanding the code, hidden risks will continuously accumulate.
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