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by noo_u 164 days ago
It's definitely anecdotal - and I agree about steering the robot. I find that analysis is harder than creation usually.
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I think that is the skill that separates agentic power users from others.

You have to be really good at skimming code quickly and looking at abstractions/logic.

Through my career, I almost never ask another team a question about their services, etc. I always built the habit of just looking at their code first. 9 times out of 10, I could answer my question or find a workaround for the bug in their code.

I think this built the skill of holding a lot of structure in my head and quickly accumulating it.

This is the exact thing you need when letting an agent run wild and then making sure everything looks ok.