Coding agents: effort levels will vanish, replaced by budgets like "$10 and 30 minutes"
johnlindquist · x · 2026-11-14
DavidKPiano argues effort levels (low/medium/high/max) in AI coding tools will disappear, just like planning mode — most devs pick the wrong level anyway (especially those who yolo on high). The agent should know what the task needs; humans should seldom tweak it.
johnlindquist proposes the likely replacement: budgets instead of levels — "I can afford $10 and 30 minutes for this. Do the best you can."
Both point to the same trend: agent control shifting from manual parameter tuning to humans setting cost/time constraints.
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