13-year dev: the models are fine, our coding agent tooling and methods are the problem
freehuntx · reddit · 2026-09-08
A 13-year developer argues models (even Qwen3.8 27B) are good enough; the failure is in tooling. Local assistance worked well, but full-agent 'slop loops' — define, generate, test, report bugs, repeat — break features while fixing others. The core gap: agents can't reliably assemble the right context when files can't all fit, so key details go missing. He's returning to hand-coding for important projects.
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