Chief Architect Proposes 5 Counter-Intuitive Principles for Agentic Coding

To address the degradation of system maintainability caused by AI coding tools, Chief Architect Carlos Kelkboom proposes five counter-intuitive principles. Key mandates include human-defined code skeletons, prohibiting main Agents from directly modifying files, isolating execution in Git Worktrees to discard unreadable code, requiring one-shot delivery of large tasks to avoid fragmented patches, and using parallel Agents to explore solutions. The framework emphasizes that as code generation costs drop, human engineers must retain control over system structure, evolutionary intent, and collaboration processes.