Skip to content
Trending storyDeveloping

Experienced developers stay wary of coding agents over production safety

1 article1 sourcesince Nov 1Last article

Overview

AISummary of 1 article

Rachel Laycock argues that experienced developers are cautious about coding agents because writing software is different from running it safely in production.

She describes a Thoughtworks experiment in which agents wrote the code while humans spent most of their time on whiteboards and building feedback loops. According to Laycock, builds often turned red, and she says practices such as TDD and continuous delivery need rethinking in the agent era. The report is a single shared post; it cites no further test results.

Written by AI from the articles below · updated Nov 1, 10:17 PM ET

Check the sources:

Latest developmentNov 1, 10:12 PM ET
Why experienced developers remain wary of coding agents

Article timeline

The articles in this story. Times are ET.

Nov 1
  1. meng shaoX
    Why experienced developers remain wary of coding agents

    AIRachel Laycock, shared by meng shao, argues that experienced developers are cautious about coding agents because building software is not the same as running it safely in production. She describes a Thoughtworks experiment where humans spent most of their time on whiteboards and building feedback loops while agents wrote the code. The piece says builds often turned red and that practices like TDD and continuous delivery need rethinking in the agent era.

    Image from @shao__meng's post

Heat Trend

Current comparable heat
7
Peak comparable heat
10Nov 1, 11:00 PM ET
Change in past 24 hours
–

The trend compares only continuously observed participants, so its scope may be smaller than the current heat total. Hover or tap for hourly heat; use arrow keys with a keyboard.