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>>strayd+(OP)
>The people really leading AI coding right now (and I’d put myself near the front, though not all the way there) don’t read code. They manage the things that produce code.

I can’t imagine any other example where people voluntarily move for a black box approach.

Imagine taking a picture on autoshot mode and refusing to look at it. If the client doesn’t like it because it’s too bright, tweak the settings and shoot again, but never look at the output.

What is the logic here? Because if you can read code, I can’t imagine poking the result with black box testing being faster.

Are these people just handing off the review process to others? Are they unable to read code and hiding it? Why would you handicap yourself this way?

>>kace91+Ek
I think many people are missing the overall meaning of these sorts of posts.. that is they are describing a new type of programmer that will only use agents and never read the underlying code. These vibe/agent coders will use natural(-ish) language to communicate with the agents and wouldn't look at the code anymore than, say, a PHP developer would look at the underlying assembly. It is not the level of abstraction they are working on. There are many use cases where this type of coding will work fine and it will let many people who previously couldn't really take advantage of computers to do so. This is great but in no way will do anything to replace the need for code that requires humans to understand (which, in turn, requires participation in the writing).

>>eikenb+dz
> that is they are describing a new type of programmer that will only use agents and never read the underlying code

> and wouldn't look at the code anymore than, say, a PHP developer would look at the underlying assembly

This really puts down the work that the PHP maintainers have done. Many people spend a lot of time crafting the PHP codebase so you don't have to look at the underlying assembly. There is a certain amount of trust that I as a PHP developer assume.

Is this what the agents do? No. They scrape random bits of code everywhere and put something together with no craft. How do I know they won't hide exploits somewhere? How do I know they don't leak my credentials?

>>re-thc+UB
That is true for all languages. Very high quality until you use a lib, a module or an api.