Agentic Coding Is Not a Trap: I Answered the Viral HN Post With My Own Production Logs

Agentic Coding Is Not a Trap: I Answered the Viral HN Post With My Own Production Logs I made the exact mistake that viral post criticizes: I gave an agent an ambiguous task and went to make coffee. Came back 40 minutes later to 23 modified files, three broken tests, and a refactor nobody asked for. I'm not telling this to complain — I'm telling it because that day I started keeping logs of my agent sessions, and what I found contradicts both the HN post and the usual evangelists. "Agentic Codin