devs that cared before still do, and those who didn't still don't

Haha, 100% true. On the flipside I work in an industry where documentation was quite a regulatory burden for teams in pre-Agent times. Now I just see the clear pathway to obsolescence. So much subject area knowledge and domain expertise already written down, makes building skills/tools package for agents internally so easy…this is not priced in yet.

turns out the old old guard had a point with writing meticulous notes and clear memos

Yea but now the agent can explain the code

Or “taste”