> But that slow formation led to software that was durable rather than ephemeral, with a strong foundation that could be built upon.

People say that agentic development is great because you can churn out so much so fast. But that doesn't mean that any of it will be truly good and reliable.

The things that are truly insightful and solid end up being used exponentially more, which makes the linear cost of extra development time (asymptotically) insignificant in the cost/benefit equation.