The diminished art of coding

A thoughtful essay arguing that LLM coding agents are dissolving the craft dimension of programming — the aesthetic judgment that makes code reviews meaningful now feels irrelevant when the author is a model. The author observes that reviewing AI code shifts focus entirely to intent and prompts, bypassing the craft layer that once defined engineering mastery. Substantive reflection on how agentic coding tools are reshaping developer identity and the cultural value placed on code quality.