> Agentic code tools have a significant bias to add versus remove/condense.

Your point stands uncontested by me, but I just wanted to mention that humans have that bias too.

Random link (has the Nature study link): https://blog.benchsci.com/this-newly-proven-human-bias-cause...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive_bias

Great point, interesting how agents somehow pick up the same bias.