Of two minds about agentic coding

Sometimes, while agentic coding…

I feel like Michael Scott: Dunder Mifflin’s best salesman who got Peter principle’d into a management role 1 he’s kinda terrible at and now spends his days watching other people make all the sales calls.

Sometimes, while agentic coding…

I feel like Jean-Luc Picard: my childhood hero 2 who always weighs the trade-offs, makes the tough decisions, and delegates the execution to competent subordinates.

This doesn’t sit well with me. 3

In an effort to feel less like one of my favorite office buffoons and more like one of my favorite Starfleet captains, I’m literally typing “make it so” to my agents now.

Is it helping? Maybe a little.

One piece of good news: thanks to the utter lack of agentic social lives, I have no problem pulling a Bill Lumbergh whenev…