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Coding Agents Are Junior Teammates With Fast Hands
A coding agent can edit, run tests, and recover from errors. It still needs scope, review, and a human who understands the system.
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- 1Coding Agents Are Junior Teammates With Fast Hands
- 2coding agent
- 3scope
- 4review
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Coding Agents Are Junior Teammates With Fast Hands
A coding agent can edit, run tests, and recover from errors. It still needs scope, review, and a human who understands the system.
- 1Name the job before naming the tool.
- 2Write the smallest useful scope the agent can finish.
- 3Run the result as a user, not as a fan of the tool.
- 4Inspect the diff, data access, and failure path before sharing.
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Give the agent a bounded task: Fix the validation bug in src/forms/signup.ts. Do not change styles, routes, or database schema. Run the existing form tests.- What should the user be able to do when this is finished?
- What data should the app or agent never expose?
- What test proves the change works?
- What rollback path exists if the output is wrong?
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