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In most domains agents are now better than humans at finding bugs.

Drawn from what David Heinemeier Hansson said

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What David Heinemeier Hansson actually said

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David Heinemeier Hansson 26 Aug 2026

And this was with models we had six months ago. At this point, 100% in the majority of domains we work in today, agents are better at finding bugs.
spoken · official transcript hear it at 2:28:54 · all korrents from this recording
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First recorded here 26 Aug 2026 · How quotes work

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However capable AI coding tools become, the industry will still need junior programmers, because someone must be able to vet what the machine produces.

Hansson’s argument for keeping junior programmers is that someone must be able to vet what the machine produces. Sixteen months later he holds that the machine is better at that vetting than the humans are. The conclusion can survive — juniors become seniors, and that pipeline has other justifications — but the reason he gave for it does not.

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