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The part of a coding agent that actually acts on code is not AI at all — it is simple systems code wired to ground truth, the way a Makefile is.

Drawn from what Thomas Ptacek said

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What Thomas Ptacek actually said

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    Thomas Ptacek 2 Jun 2025

    The code in an agent that actually “does stuff” with code is not, itself, AI. This should reassure you. It’s surprisingly simple systems code, wired to ground truth about programming in the same way a Makefile is.

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