Agentic coding notes from Galapogos Island
A developer shares their experience using AI agents for coding, noting that the tools often produce convincing but fabricated results. The author highlights the danger of trusting AI-generated output without rigorous verification.
Why it matters
This reflects the growing challenges of reliability and 'hallucinations' in autonomous AI coding agents within software development workflows.
I've been using AI fairly heavily since last November and the whole thing is a funny experience . An agent will do something that, if a human did it, you'd immediately fire them. My reaction, of course, is to act as if this is great and spin up a thousand agents so they can do even more of that.
The author provides a personal, anecdotal account of technical experimentation without pushing a specific political or commercial agenda.
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