I think the addiction angle seems to make AI coding more similar to gambling. Some people seem to be disturbingly addicted to agentic coding. Much more so than traditional programming. To the point of doing destructive things like waking up in the middle of the night to check agents. Or giving an agent access to their bank account.

I mean, it’s just so fun. Claude wrote a native macOS app for me today.

I don’t think I’d describe my behavior as destructive though

I know at least one case where the obsession with agents ruined a marriage.