Ask HN: How Do You Handle Skill Atrophy From Coding Agents?

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An Ask HN thread on developers losing hands-on coding skills from heavy reliance on agents drew 16 points and 15 comments of practitioner advice on staying sharp. Suggestions ranged from periodic agent-free coding to reviewing every line of generated output. It's a recurring anxiety as agentic workflows become the default for daily development.