I'm really struggling to see how to make architectural decisions with an agent. It's great when you're at a total loss for ideas, but when you already have some of the pieces it ultimately wants to drive all of the thinking and takes over. Then it just feels like you're deferring your experienced judgement. I've seen colleagues lose the ability to reason any more without asking the agent to do it for them, because they inherently don't see the point if the agent is going to end up doing the whole piece (and probably auditing/overruling anything they came up with on their own).
Agents are the greatest rubber ducks ever created.
Another perspective is that this isn’t a new problem. Every dev manager or team lead with very strong direct reports has this problem. They don’t lose the ability to reason, they strengthen their ability to reason more quickly, and know when to trust the expert and when to poke holes.
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Another perspective is that this isn’t a new problem. Every dev manager or team lead with very strong direct reports has this problem. They don’t lose the ability to reason, they strengthen their ability to reason more quickly, and know when to trust the expert and when to poke holes.