Finally, I have been programming for over three decades and this is so far the most exciting time to be a programmer. 4/2

So please be critical but also retain room for adjusting your opinion: 1. Things change quickly so re-evaluate what opinions are still valid; and 2. Play with this technology yourself (using gemini-cli, codex, Claude code, or Opencode). 3/2

But: in the last six months I have seen and experienced examples of large productivity gains from coding agents. It sparks joy: performs menial work (example: upgrade a 5 year old React app), performs a spec-to-feature addition to an existing project, creates a well-specified tool from scratch. 2/3