Well, to be fair, the amount of goalpost shifting that is going on is quite intense. AI not being able to work in a "serious" project, and being limited to "toy projects" has been a long standing critique.
But also, bigger projects need some amount of loc written and it's a bit silly to pretend that this is not the case or a bad thing.
So the answer to the question is roughly: Establishing that an agent can work in a large-ish code base is valuable, because 1) them not being able to do so has been a critique and 2) it's something that is required for a lot of software projects.
But also, bigger projects need some amount of loc written and it's a bit silly to pretend that this is not the case or a bad thing.
So the answer to the question is roughly: Establishing that an agent can work in a large-ish code base is valuable, because 1) them not being able to do so has been a critique and 2) it's something that is required for a lot of software projects.