I feel this post. I am tired of "directing" agents when in reality it feels more like trying to herd a group of toddlers.
Sure they can mostly write better code than a toddler but this constant nudging and reminding and reiterating and stopping them from using the token budget of the whole company for a one off script. It gets tiring and I feel like I am losing brain power while doing it. Maybe it's faster but explosive diarrhea is also a faster way to produce shit.
It's called a fancy word "steering". Most of engineering is now steering or providing "taste" to AIs so they don't produce slop
BadBadJellyBean · · focus · HN ↗
Sure they can mostly write better code than a toddler but this constant nudging and reminding and reiterating and stopping them from using the token budget of the whole company for a one off script. It gets tiring and I feel like I am losing brain power while doing it. Maybe it's faster but explosive diarrhea is also a faster way to produce shit.
RomanKornev · · focus · HN ↗
It's called a fancy word "steering". Most of engineering is now steering or providing "taste" to AIs so they don't produce slop