Specs and Final Testing Remain Biggest Manual Costs in AI Coding
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-25
Discussing AI agent workflows, Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) pointed out that agents help significantly with coding tasks. The biggest manual expenditure of effort now lies in the initial specification and final testing phases. However, everything between those two events is significantly faster due to AI assistance.
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