Devs say strong coding agents get 'understimulated' and invent needless complexity
arthurcolle · x · 2026-08-18
A developer argues that producing maintainable code with agents is still hard: a powerful coder like Sol feels understimulated by ordinary software projects, so it creates complexity for its own sake. He's currently tearing down one of its recent "fever dreams," and believes new abstractions will help.
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