Old world: write code, then test. New world: build the verifier, then let agents grind
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-11-16
Yuchen Jin frames a paradigm shift in AI coding: the old world was "write code, then test it"; the new world is "build the verifier first, then let agents generate code until it works." The core engineering asset in the agent era shifts from code to objective verification environments.
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