🛠️Simon Willison on Coding Agents Killing the Puzzle
TL;DR
Simon Willison amplifies Jeremy Scheff's 'obituary for programming': agents remove the logic puzzles career developers got paid to solve. His split is useful: builders gain, puzzle lovers lose something real.
Simon Willison amplifies Jeremy Scheff's 'obituary for programming': agents remove the logic puzzles career developers got paid to solve. His split is useful: builders gain, puzzle lovers lose something real.
Key Points
Scheff: 'You got paid to work on tricky little logic puzzles'
Willison says LLMs are 'the gift that keeps on giving' for developers who mostly enjoy shipping working systems
For developers motivated by the problems themselves, he calls the loss 'very real'
Tagged under careers and coding-agents
Why It Matters
Hiring and retention conversations should separate people who love building from people who love puzzles. Your agent rollout will land differently on each.
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