Engineering becomes end-to-end: ask agents first before asking for help
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-10-30
As models increasingly solve problems end-to-end, engineering itself is becoming an end-to-end problem. The argument: a good engineer carries the ball from start to finish, and when blocked should first ask agents how to unblock—continuing if agents can help, and only escalating to humans otherwise.
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