Elixir creator José Valim on how programming languages should change for coding agents

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Elixir creator José Valim on how programming languages should change for coding agents

A language designer’s view, with specific tooling proposals.

José Valim reflects on what happens to language communities when agents write most code, and argues for concrete tooling changes now that agents are users of programming languages.

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UndertowRole underspecification / the Doorman Problem

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Language communities do unwritten work: mentoring, shared taste, deciding what’s idiomatic. If agents write most code, that tacit layer can fade without anyone noticing it was doing a job.

Elixir creator José Valim on how programming languages should change for coding agents

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