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AI Agents Are Great at 80% of Our Code. The Other 20% Is Why We Still Need Seniors.

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在AI Agent能自动生成80%代码的背景下,开发者发现剩余20%的代码(如复杂业务逻辑、系统集成、异常处理)仍需资深工程师介入。这导致团队在分工时面临两难:若完全依赖AI,那20%的关键代码可能质量不稳定或引入隐蔽错误;若保留人工审核,则AI带来的效率提升被部分抵消。同时,初级开发者难以判断哪些部分需要人工干预,造成决策困难和质量风险。

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