Karpathy says code gives way to agents

Karpathy is describing a real interface shift in software: the scarce skill is moving from syntax production to intent-setting, constraints, and review loops. That creates leverage, but it also shifts the bottleneck to judging output, and the main risk is plausible, overengineered code that ships fast and ages badly. His reversal matters because it shows capability jumps can change the economics of coding faster than public skepticism expects, and teams that invest in tests, evals, and guardrails will capture the most leverage from agentic coding while humans still own taste, architecture, and accountability.