Coding agents made me 5x busier, says ex-Copilot engineer

rakyll, an early GitHub Copilot team member, said that once coding agents became truly useful her workload grew fivefold, as every part of the tech stack needed rebuilding—a common experience across the industry.

2026-09-21 ~ 2026-09-21 · 4 related posts

• Dev: coding agents got useful and now I'm working 5x harder — rakyll · 2026-09-21
• Engineer: Coding Agents Made Me Work 5x Harder, the Whole Stack Needs Rebuilding — rakyll · 2026-09-21
• Ex-GitHub Copilot engineer: coding agents speed everything up, yet leave us more work than ever — rakyll · 2026-09-21
• Ex-Copilot engineer: tools will change, but humans are wired to keep building — rakyll · 2026-09-21