In 2026 every engineer is a tech lead: orchestrating agents is the new job
rseroter · x · 2026-11-12
Quoting @danicat83: engineers are now "in the business of orchestrating the flow of information, ensuring agents always have the optimal environment" to produce desired outcomes. A Go gopher comic illustrates the shift from coaching humans to coaching agents — agents that rewrite backends in 4 seconds and generate 600 mutually-testing tests, all awaiting your review. Orchestration and review of agent output is becoming every engineer's core job.
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