Right. It feels like we're living in a parallel world or something. Can agents code? Sure. Can you let them code on their own for a serious production project? Not a chance.

me too; and my coding agents are slowed down (from developing features) because I require them to refactor the code to be more readable; my code metrics tests force AIs to leverage functional programming and design patterns).

Yes agents can produce code that compiles and runs, but I had to add tools to keep them on track, document their work, follow a process, check their outputs. I also use other AIs to generate developer documentation and review code.

It is like managing a bunch of idiot savant eager-to-please interns, except unlike interns, coding agents do not (yet) learn and improve on their own.