Dev nails the agent coding paradox: be ambitious, but manage the architecture
alexisgallagher · x · 2026-11-15
Developer Alexis Gallagher highlights a funny tension in agent-based development: it's true that "agents are amazing, you should be more ambitious in what you ask for," and it's equally true that "agents suck at architecture and will create a mess if you don't manage it." Both pieces of advice hold at once, capturing the real trade-off in coding with AI agents.
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