Mixed
it does feel "fast" but I ultimately don't get to understand the codebase as good as if I were going to do it the old way
paulG12 on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: Do you feel less happy when coding with agent?”
Helped: Speed on minor fixes and features in a new codebase.
Got in the way: Lack of deep understanding compared to manual code reading.
… For instance, I landed in a new codebase recently, and I have been using agents to understand and write minor fixes/features... it does feel "fast" but I ultimately don't get to understand the codebase as good as if I were going to do it the old way (reading the codebase myself and fighting with it myself)