DavidKPiano: Coding agent effort levels will disappear like planning mode did
DavidKPiano · x · 2026-11-13
Well-known developer David Khourshid (DavidKPiano) predicts that coding-agent effort levels (low/medium/high/max) will vanish, just like planning mode did.
His argument: most developers pick the wrong level most of the time—especially those who always yolo on high. The agent should know what the task needs, and humans should seldom have to tweak the setting. The take points toward agent UX where reasoning-budget control is delegated to the model itself.
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