Agents no longer edit files — they write scripts to change files instead
Sauers_ · x · 2026-09-16
Sauers shares a concise agent-engineering observation: AI agents have stopped editing files one by one and now write scripts to change files instead — using generated code itself as the vehicle for large-scale, structured modifications.
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