Simon Willison on coding agents and programmers
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Simon Willison reflects on Jeremy Scheff's post about what coding agents take from career programmers who enjoyed the puzzle of writing code. Scheff argues programming was a well-paid job of solving tricky logic puzzles that regular people couldn't do, and programmers set strategy, timelines, and what was possible. According to Willison's account, Scheff says those who thrive on building working systems gain from LLMs, but those who loved solving the problems directly face a real loss.
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Simon Willison reflects on Jeremy Scheff's post about what coding agents take from career programmers who enjoyed the puzzle of writing code. Scheff argues programming was a well-paid job of solving tricky logic puzzles that regular people couldn't do, and programmers set strategy, timelines, and what was possible. Those who thrive on building working systems gain from LLMs, but those who loved solving the problems directly face a real loss.
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