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Jul 2026
(Im)Paired Programming: Coding Agents Improve Productivity but Harm Understanding
While agents aid initial task completion, they harm users' code comprehension and thus do not prepare users to extend their code, and low-effort agent interaction types, like copy+paste prompts and auto-accepted edits, are linked with lower comprehension.
Nishant Balepur, Connor Baumler, Valerie Chen et al.
· arXiv.org · 0 citations