10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
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After building 50 projects with AI coding agents like Claude and Codex, an experienced developer finds these tools empowering but limited. They excel at generating prototypes from training data but struggle with novel concepts and production-quality code. Rather than replacing developers, AI agents may make them busier by enabling rapid creation of software that still requires human guidance, architecture decisions, and creative problem-solving.
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