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Are Coding Agents Getting Worse, or Have They Lost Their Teachers?

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When coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Copilot's agent mode became part of the daily work of many teams, the first reactions were very positive, and a lot of developers were surprised how well an agent could add a feature to an existing project. Now, one or two years later, a different comp…

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  1. 2026-10-20 07:10 · DEV Community — AI
    Are Coding Agents Getting Worse, or Have They Lost Their Teachers?

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