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Published by martinfowler.com (Exploring Gen AI series, incl. Böckeler) (T1 source). The original is at https://martinfowler.com/rachels-ramblings/good-devs-wary.html.

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Thoughtworks CTO Rachel Laycock says experienced developers often hesitate to adopt coding agents because a successful build does not guarantee reliable production behavior. She frames the deeper concern as operational risk, not merely job security or a preference for writing code.

Technical leaders can use the distinction to set evaluation criteria for agent pilots and decide when generated software needs stronger operational scrutiny.

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