Why coding agents keep making your codebase worse

"do not mortgage your codebase in the hopes that in a year, a model will come out that's smart enough to fix all your problems." ⠀ Dexter Horthy, HumanLayer CEO and the person who coined "context engineering", on the benchmark proving coding agents make codebases worse over time, why 2-4x productivity beats chasing 100x, and the agentic workflow his team uses to ship without drowning in slop. ⠀ full new episode on Beyond Coding Podcast, "Why Coding Agents Keep Making Your Codebase Worse" (episode 270)