Indie dev: the key to better agent workflows is ceding more 'safety margin' to AI
yihui_indie · x · 2026-11-06
Indie developer yihuiindie shares a one-line insight: every key improvement in using agents well has essentially come from ceding more of his 'sense of safety' to the AI.
The implication: the agent bottleneck often isn't model capability but how much autonomy you're willing to grant — fewer confirmations, longer autonomous chains. A useful mental model for anyone tuning agent workflows.
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