Devs push back: is orchestrating 20+ agents really more productive than 3-5?
granawkins · x · 2026-10-08
granawkins walked back his earlier framing of the question "do devs using AI feel more productive," rephrasing it to: "People who orchestrate 20+ agents instead of hand-managing 3-5, what have you done to make you think it's more productive?" The correction spotlights a live debate in agent engineering over whether massive multi-agent orchestration actually beats managing a small number of agents by hand.
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