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(Im)Paired Programming: Coding Agents Improve Productivity but Harm Understanding
arXiv:2607.26375v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Coding agents (e.g., Cursor) improve developer productivity by optimizing task completion, but shifting users from writing code to prompting and reviewing may harm their understanding, impeding oversight, learning, and communication. To probe this, we have 54 students cre