Tried agenticcoding forthe first timeShipped itRead the codeThe Slop Swamp™OutshippedThe tightropeThe waiting roomThe flywheelN ReadSeptember 7, 2026·30 min readWhere Does Software Engineering Go From Here? (Part 1)Why LLMs will never be intelligent, why English cannot replace code, and why the labs teaching the world this workflow will not be the ones that own it.softwareai