Agentic coding is commoditized—your judgment is all that's left
emax · x · 2026-11-04
James Cowling argues that agentic development, while incredible, is at the limit completely commoditized—"all that's left is your judgement and critical thinking," which is worth practicing deliberately these days. The post was retweeted by emax and quotes Addy Osmani's article "Critical thinking when agents do the work," which revisits the classic advice of approaching new information with humble curiosity and healthy skepticism—taking in different views and forming your own opinion—as still true but needing updated practice in the agent era.
Related event: Addy Osmani Warns Engineers to Preserve Critical Thinking in the Agent Era(3 posts)→
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