I used to be proud of these skills. Now AI agents do them better.
Summary
The author reflects on how AI agents now outperform them in code navigation, debugging, and report drafting, and asks others about experiences with multi-agent workflows like MCP, Anvita Flow, and Agent Protocol.
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