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Developers are increasingly viewing AI not as a total replacement for engineers, but as a high-speed generator of "workable slop" that requires human supervisors to navigate the delicate balance between rapid feature production and systemic stability. While many implement sophisticated multi-agent workflows—using one LLM to write code while others refactor or review—critics remain skeptical, arguing that these autonomous loops still struggle with functional testing and fail to address the critical issue of professional liability for "autonomously-generated" errors. Success currently hinges on a shift toward modular architecture and obsessive unit testing, treating the AI as an erratic junior developer that provides a refactorable starting point but demands constant steering. This evolution transforms the programmer's role into one of organizational design and "sensemaking," where the primary task is no longer manual coding but the engineering of rigorous guardrails to ensure quality control.