{"slug": "of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding", "title": "Of two minds about agentic coding", "summary": "A developer reflects on the dual experience of agentic coding, comparing it to Michael Scott's incompetence in management or Jean-Luc Picard's effective delegation, highlighting the trade-offs between control and automation.", "body_md": "Sometimes, while agentic coding…\n\nI feel like Michael Scott: Dunder Mifflin’s best salesman who got [Peter principle’d](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle) into a management role 1 he’s kinda terrible at and now spends his days watching other people make all the sales calls.\n\nSometimes, while agentic coding…\n\nI feel like Jean-Luc Picard: my childhood hero 2 who always weighs the trade-offs, makes the tough decisions, and delegates the execution to competent subordinates.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding", "canonical_source": "https://jerodsanto.net/2026/07/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding/", "published_at": "2026-07-23 16:16:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 17:07:21.913417+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-two-minds-about-agentic-coding.jsonld"}}