Agentic coding gets you to something presentable much faster at the cost of code quality

xgb84j on Hacker News

10-20x faster

In the thread “Astra for Coding: Why Are We Doing This Again?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Small projects, clear API boundaries, defined workflows, and excellent testing.

Got in the way: Large existing projects or cultures valuing code quality and readability.