Shift from "Agent wrote 200k LOC" to "Deleting useless code" in AI development
kevinkern · x · 2026-08-19
A developer observed a shift in the AI coding narrative: earlier this year, the hype was about agents generating massive amounts of code (e.g., 200k LOC in a day) in one shot. Now, the sentiment is moving towards valuing the ability to identify and delete useless code from previous iterations, marking a transition from quantity to quality in AI-assisted development.
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