Bret Victor's 2013 Talk Presciently Predicted Today's Coding Agents
mmmbchang · x · 2026-08-01
The author reflects on a 2013 talk by renowned interaction designer Bret Victor, marveling at his prescient predictions. Victor proposed that future programs would know how to communicate with each other, requiring a new way of programming goals. The author notes that today's booming coding agents are the ultimate realization of that vision.
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