"They want me to design everything": dev vents about coding agents' lack of autonomy
dubnium0 · reddit · 2026-10-28
A Reddit user vents after two days of frustration: having tried every model and agent tool, they find coding agents still demand full system design, step-by-step instructions, and even hand-written code — no reasoning, no creativity. The post highlights the autonomy gap in today's coding agents.
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