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One Flew Over the Context Window

Coding Agents Engineering Culture
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We traded the reward of creation with the liability of owning.

I miss having nothing to do. Sitting on my couch without feeling anxious that I have agents doing something on my behalf. Eight agent sessions are open on my screen right now. I need to pick up where I left off on one of them. But all I have is questions, not answers. What I'm certain of is that some of the 8 are hotfixes for hotfixes the agent verified and gave me false confidence it would work.

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