@trq212: @fnthawar and I talked about how the skill of coding agents is "being in the details" like running a company, you can't…
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trq212 and fnthawar discuss how the key skill when working with coding agents is 'being in the details'—like running a company, you can't know everything, but obsessively caring about the right details (code, architecture, design, UX) is what makes something great.
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@fnthawar and I talked about how the skill of coding agents is “being in the details”
like running a company, you can’t know everything but caring obsessively about the right details is what makes something great
it could be code, architecture, design, UX- whatevers needed
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