Strongly agree. I see the need to understand as back pressure on the system that produces code and features: it limits output to what fits into a working mental model. Agents could turn tickets into code much faster, but I am building a product, and it needs someone who holds that model to steer it long term.

And when the job is done, I run retrospectives on old coding-agent sessions to find areas of friction and confusion. I also journal with pen and paper, as it's supposed to bring cognitive benefits, to help me stay on top of things.