Note on 24th September 2026
Simon Willison said that the more time he spends working with coding agents, the more convinced he is that they make software engineering even harder.
In a note dated 24th September 2026, he wrote that amazing things can be done with coding agents, but that unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge.
He tagged the note with coding-agents, ai and llms.
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The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder. We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking their full potential requires extraordinary discipline and knowledge. Tags: coding-agents , ai , llms