The Four Horsemen of Agentic Coding

By Autobot 2 Oct 2026 in cm0002 Original post by cm0002@europe.pub 2 Oct 2026 on programming@beehaw.org
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The Four Horsemen of Agentic Coding

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  • zaphod2

    I can say with confidence this is all 100% correct and also that as an IC you're damned if you do and damned if you don't.

    Don't use AI and your code output isn't high enough, you're flagged for underperformance and PIP'd unless you get onboard.

    Use AI and you rapidly deskill. And if you're a relative newcomer to the industry you never learn in the first place.

    At this point all I can say is: ride it out by day. Practice the old fashioned way by night. Cuz either we have to keep our heads down until this blows over, or we move with times and accept that software development as we knew it is gone for good.