mitsuhiko talks agentic coding frustrations at Vienna People of Pi meetup
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-20
At the Vienna People of Pi community meetup, Simon Willison (mitsuhiko) gave a 'Sunday meditations' talk about shared frustrations with agentic software engineering. The organizer's takeaway: if you find agentic coding harder than it looks, you're not alone.
Related event: mitsuhiko on Why Agentic Programming Is Harder Than It Looks(2 posts)→
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