We Should Revisit Literate Programming in the Agent Era
Summary
The article argues that literate programming could be revitalized in the AI-agent era by using agents to keep prose and code in sync within Org Mode. It describes a workflow where runbooks are generated in Org, reviewed for intent, and then executed or tangled automatically, removing the maintenance burden of two parallel narratives. It also discusses exportability to multiple formats and the potential impact on code quality, while acknowledging Org's limitations and comparisons to Markdown.