Multi-agent coding is 'the greatest slot machine casinos could never match'
theteknosaur · x · 2026-10-18
The author compares parallel multi-agent coding to a slot machine with no natural stopping point: one agent finishes, and two more are already done and waiting for his input — a stream of continuous decision pressure.
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