Babysitting the coding agent in the terminal 'actually takes a lot of skill'
stephenroller · x · 2026-09-16
A meme-style quip circulating in AI circles: babysitting the coding agent ('the homunculus in the terminal') actually takes real skill—engineers have become supervisors of autonomous coding tools.
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