a lot of this cognitive dissonance goes away if you just substitute “tool” or “code generator” for “agent” throughout. anecdotally you will also have a much better time using them, in terms of satisfaction vs frustration.

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it’s 2026, why would I want to use something that goes out of its way not to support typescript?!

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this looks like a perfect use for LLMs - someone already familiar with the problem space and how to write good code, producing a custom program that precisely fits their use case.

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