Building that muscle memory, that tacit knowledge of how software operates on a code level, lets developers trust their tools to help produce and improve their code. Which means the reduced trust developers have in AI applies to the entirety of the process. Tools encode processes, but won’t fix themAgentic coding tools change the nature of the software development process. The tools are new, the people are moving to more high-level roles, and we still need to build trust. With a more deliberate, explicitly-defined workflow that preserves human judgement, we can start to build trust in the new systems.