From Copy-Paste to Autonomous Agents: A Subtle Introduction
From Copy-Paste to Autonomous Coding Agents: A Subtle Introduction Hello, my name is Taeseo Um, currently on the ML team at HyperAccel. There is a running joke among developers that our job has always been about googling the issue, clicking the first link that pops up, then copying from Stack Overflow. In some ways, the arrival of AI coding tools didn’t change what we do — it just made us dramatically better at it. Over the past few months, our team has ridden almost every wave of AI-assisted development, from the earliest interactions to the autonomous agents we rely on today. Here’s what that journey looked like, what we learned, and where we think it’s all heading. ...