@mattpocockuk: Uncle Bob gets it
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Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) shares his experience that using AI agents significantly boosts productivity, though 30-40% of time is spent tuning and hardening the output.
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Uncle Bob gets it
Uncle Bob Martin (@unclebobmartin): I am absolutely more productive using agents. I don’t know the factor but it’s large. However much of that productivity is spent tuning the agents and hardening the product. I’m guessing 30%-40%.
Some might consider that a waste; but I don’t. The software I’m creating
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