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Asked to find a deep bug, coding agents can patch many small issues that feel like progress while steering you away from the real problem; there is still no substitute for expertise.

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  1. Ben Vinegar Co-founder of Modem, and before it VP of Engineering at Sentry
    That uncovered many small issues and patched them - enough to feel like we were making progress - but it steered us away from the *real* problem There’s still no substitute for expertise

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