Post-ID: thread-20261023071636-12284763
Created-At: 2026-10-23T07:16:36Z
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Subject: Code is clay now | Alberto Denia

In the Middle Ages of coding (that is, before November 2025), we coder-stonemasons spent our days meticulously carving code-stone into finished pieces. Stone is unforgiving, and modifying it remained difficult even as better tools improved things over time. Small corrections were okay-ish (some chiseling here, some patching there), but larger ones meant demolition, scaffolding and a careful plan pinned to the wall.
          
          Agentic coding has turned that around: code has become malleable. Even though it's still made of the same underlying substance as medieval code, the cost of making a change has collapsed. That makes it behave like a different material entirely. Code is clay now.

          Code is clay now | Alberto Denia
          https://www.albertodenia.com/writing/code-is-clay-now