Dev says cutting back on AI agents is 'healing my brain' and restoring the joy of coding
seatedro · x · 2026-09-04
Developer seatedro shares that slowly reducing his usage of coding agents is "actually healing my brain," arguing the joy of programming must be found once more — a small but telling datapoint in the growing backlash against agent-heavy workflows.
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