If code is cheap, intent is the currency (opens in new tab)

Apparently writing code is cheap now. So since the barrier to producing code is gone, the intent behind the code is the most important bit. Intent is the new scarce resource, and commit messages are where that intent lives. Agents work in human processes Agents are still, for now, working inside human processes. The software development lifecycle (I’m getting flashbacks to every agile coach ever!) is still the same: we still have commits, pull requests, code review. We still have humans respo...