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One reason for the deluge of articles on agentic coding: Paid microinfluencer campaigns
(news.ycombinator.com)
That's what I thought too. The crazy AI agentic coding craze on HN seems fake and manufactured sometimes. Whenever the topic is about AI coding, there will be huge spike in comments.
Lot's of personal testimonies trying to sell the agentic coding dream. Some are bordering on insanity, like some guy claiming to be a single father raising his kids at home, who vibe coded some complex program for his business on Android termux. Like nah, that's 100% pure AI generated nonsense.
Someone really really really wants the developers there to fear missing out. Like Satya Nadella of Micro$lop said, they reaaaaaally need people to get on asap. What better place to start than HN.