Of two minds about agentic coding

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.

Sometimes, while agentic coding… I 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. Sometimes, while agentic coding… I 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.