nitter.net/lennysan/status/203978β¦ Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) "Using coding agents well is taking every inch of my 25 years of experience as a software engineer." Simon Willison (@simonw) is one of the most prolific independent software engineers and most trusted voices on how AI is changing the craft of building software. He co-created Django, coined the term "prompt injection," and popularized the terms "agentic engineering" and "AI slop." In our in-depth conversation, we discuss: πΈ Why November 2025 was an inflection point πΈ The "dark factory" pattern πΈ Why mid-career engineers (not juniors) are the most at risk right now πΈ Three agentic engineering patterns he uses daily: red/green TDD, thin templates, hoarding πΈ Why he writes 95% of his code from his phone while walking the dog πΈ Why he thinks we're headed for an AI Challenger disaster πΈ How a pelican riding a bicycle became the unofficial benchmark for AI model quality Listen now π piped.video/wc8FBhQtdsA β https://nitter.net/lennysan/status/2039781609755521232#m [Translated from EN to English]
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