Sentry CEO: AI agents still write messy code but are getting better at managing it
zeeg · x · 2026-10-15
Sentry CEO zeeg shares mixed feelings on agents writing software. The code remains sloppy and hard to maintain—"junk building on junk"—compounding production reliability risks, and agents aren't noticeably better at cleanliness.
What has changed is their ability to manage the mess: fewer broken behaviors despite more code, though at the cost of more resources and non-performant output.
His provocative question: will software become unreadable for humans, since the most efficient way to build and maintain it is via coding agents?
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