Switching from in-IDE agents to chat interfaces boosted velocity but hurt code quality
BraceSproul · x · 2026-08-20
The author shares an observation on switching AI coding workflows: moving from using an agent inside the IDE to writing code solely via an agent chat interface. This significantly increased shipping velocity but resulted in lower quality, largely because the author stopped reading every line of generated code.
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