| ▲ | 9rx 18 hours ago |
| What do coding agents need my library for? Don't they know how to write their own code? Isn't that a coding agent's entire purpose in life? There must be conflicting definitions out there. What does "coding agent" mean in this context? |
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| ▲ | richardblythman 16 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| do we want every coding agent writing everything from scratch for every project? or would reusability/modularity across projects and teams be beneficial? |
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| ▲ | 9rx 15 hours ago | parent [-] | | The human desire for interoperability would prevent writing everything from scratch, but to the extent that is reasonably possible, yes. We would already do that now if humans weren't a limiting factor. But coding agents, as I know the term, is about removing humans from the equation of writing code. I did ask if there is another interpretation for "coding agent" being used. Of course, distinct projects is a human construct that computers don't care about. As coding agents evolve (if they do), it isn't likely that the idea of projects will persist long-term. |
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| ▲ | weitendorf 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Why did my engineering team handle payments through Stripe instead of building a custom payment processor? Aren’t they supposed to be engineering things? |
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| ▲ | 9rx 17 hours ago | parent [-] | | Coding agents presumably don't know how to deal with non-coding things. Stripe's real value isn't in its technology, but it sorting out the complex human problems associated with payment processing. Sending a number over a network is not any great feat. Getting humans to agree that number has meaning is another matter. | | |
| ▲ | imtringued 16 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is an extremely roundabout way of saying that you need a payment processor license. |
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