Hacker News Discussion: Seeking Evidence for Practical Success with Agentic Coding
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Summary
A Hacker News user asks for evidence that agentic coding (AI agents writing code) actually works in practice, expressing frustration with the gap between online hype and their own unsuccessful attempts. The user seeks detailed accounts from those who have achieved net-positive results where the code produced creates more value than technical debt and is structurally sound enough for production use.
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Is there real evidence, beyond hype, that agentic coding produces net-positive results?
By 'getting it to work' I mean: creating more value than technical debt, and producing code that's structurally sound enough for someone
If any of you have actually got it to work, could you share (in detail) how you did it?
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