Ask HN: What are you doing during inference?
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> If you’re using agents to program, what are you doing while they work?If I am using agents I try to do something that is closely related to the task they are on. Otherwise I am just context switching once they are done and I want to review the work, which makes it difficult to focus on that task.I also don't try to run too many agents at the same time as that is just madness. That's just herding cats at that point.> As a side note, having Codex review Claude’s work (or vice-versa) throws up so many show-stopper issues (even with plan, revise, implement, review loops), I feel like you’d have to be nuts to just have a bunch of agents YOLOing itSolely relying on agents is bad regardless. It certainly is the easy route and our brains are wired to take the easy/lazy approach.
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