[dowager_dan99]

I am a dinosaur but still feel strongly enough to post this PSA: please go back and read "No Silver Bullet" (and his follow up) again. You should probably schedule a re-read every 2-5 years, just to keep your sanity in these crazy, exhausting times.

I believe his original thesis remains true: "There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity."

Over the years this has been misrepresented or misinterpreted to suggest it's false but it sure feels like "Agentic Coding" is a single development promising a massive multiplier in improvement that once again is, another accidental tool that can be helpful but is definitely not a silver bullet.

[swader999]

I used to agree with this except for one exception, sitting and working right beside your end user(s). If you can colocate with them it is a silver bullet.

I'm not sure about agentic coding. Need another month at it.

[alliancedamages]

Agreed. Here's one of many HN posts on "No Silver Bullet": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32423356