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by dangus 130 days ago
A cynical read of this is that it’s all a ploy to maximize usage.

Why do agents need to speak to each other if they’re just doing the work correctly the first time?

Is it an admission that a single agent is not useful and reliable enough?

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I run a loop where I have 4 agents review in parallel after each implementation phase. It just increases the odds of finding issues.

I've switched this over to a team of 4 now that talk to each other to discuss issues they find and it's amazing. They confirm between themselves and if they wrongly identified something the others correct them.

So, the answer is yes, a single agent makes too many mistakes and you have to run four of them (4x usage cost) to improve the quality.

I understand that it works better, but I am rightfully pointing out that it's less efficient.

An analogy would be putting a V8 engine into a pickup truck to make it go as fast as a Mazda Miata.