How I use AI (Oct 2026)

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A software engineer reflects on his evolving AI usage over the past year, shifting from Microsoft's Windows AI team to Salesforce AI Research. He highlights the transformative impact of 'agentic coding,' where AI agents now handle most of his coding tasks, from writing and testing to creating pull requests. While acknowledging AI's limitations in nuanced reasoning and the potential for creative decline, he finds AI indispensable for research, learning, and even music generation.