Heavy coding-agent user on decision fatigue: headaches fade with adaptation

dejavucoder · x · 2026-10-11

Developer dejavucoder (27K followers) describes the cognitive load of shipping with coding agents: intense micro-decisions in short bursts, constant context switching across experiments, and rapid perspective shifts. He used to get headaches but says he's adapted over time, and now reserves Sundays as an "agents-free day" — a rare first-person account of decision fatigue in the agent-accelerated dev era.

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