In the AI era, coding has only one hard problem left: naming things
sergeykarayev · x · 2026-08-29
Reflecting on the evolution of programming difficulties with AI, the author notes that 'naming things' remains the primary challenge. They share a specific workflow: asking the agent for a report on current names and suggested improvements, which clarifies the code structure after several rounds of iteration.
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