[dudewhocodes]

The agents are good enough to get results when an experienced person is properly guiding these tools.

However, during the holidays there was a big marketing campaign, mainly on Twitter. Everyone started posting the same talking points repeatedly and suddenly, and triggered a storm of fomo perfect for when everyone was not working.

There was no sudden huge jump, I've been using AI code tools since 2024 and was surprised to see this sudden hype when the tools worked ok before.

[orange_puff]

This is also my feeling. When people keep referring to big jumps or inflection points, I am left confused, because the models have felt good for a long time and feel like they are getting steadily better. This could be biased by what I use them for though.