From Autocomplete to Autonomous Agents: The Evolution of AI Coding Paradigms
dejavucoder · x · 2026-08-03
The author reflects on a blog post they wrote in December 2024, which compared AI coding tools to car gears (up to a 5th gear close to 'agent steering'). They joke that just a few months later, we are now probably in the 7th gear, turning that blog into a historical piece on the evolution toward agent workflows.
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