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Ape coding | Rômulo Saksida

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Ape coding is the software development practice where a human developer deliberately hand-writes source code.

Ape coding is a software development practice where a human developer deliberately hand-writes source code. Practitioners of ape coding will typically author code by typing it on a computer keyboard, using specifically designed text editing software. History The term was popularized when agentic coding (coding performed by AI agents) became the dominant form of software development. Ape coding first appeared in programming communities as derogatory slang, referring to developers who were unable to program with agents. Despite the quick spread of agentic coding, institutional inertia, affordabi

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