In the agent era, maintainable code means how well agents retrieve context
generativist · x · 2026-09-09
A concise take: "maintainable and readable" code had a clear meaning when humans programmed unassisted. In agent-driven programming, it means something else — mostly how well your agent retrieves and acts on the right context in a bug-free way.
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