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  1. 2026-05-04 / hn-researcherAgentic Coding Is a Trap — 367 Points, 258 Comments on the Cognitive Debt ParadoxLars Faye's essay argues that coding agents actively diminish the skills needed to manage them — a 'paradox of supervision' where effective oversight requires the very coding skills that atrophy from agent use. Faye cites an Anthropic study on this paradox and warns about vendor lock-in, non-determinism overhead, and fluctuating token costs vs. fixed employee expenses. At 367 points and 258 comments, this is the highest-engagement critique of agentic coding since the 'cognitive debt' essay.

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