Agentic coding 10-20x speed makes engineers strangers to their own codebases
Slight_Season_4500 · reddit · 2026-08-18
A Reddit user discusses a side effect of Agentic Coding: while development speed increases 10-20x and bosses are happy, engineers feel they lose control of the codebase. Because AI frequently and drastically rewrites code, developers cannot learn the codebase over time as they traditionally would, remaining in a constant state of unfamiliarity. The post invites discussion on whether to stop trying to keep up with details and how to adapt to this new workflow.
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