A better path to agent autonomy is running waves, finding friction, and iterating
JnBrymn · x · 2026-07-22
The post argues that the problem with “dark factories” is not autonomy itself, but teams trying to grant autonomy before they have a workflow they can trust.
It suggests a simpler loop:
- run a wave of several agents on separate tickets
- observe where the workflow breaks down
- fix the process
- repeat
It ends by asking what the biggest point of friction is in your current agent workflow.
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