Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?

Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by SatvikBeri on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:22PM (#46700032)

I didn't choose the payment structure, and the point is that a CLI is not a high bar. Something that we used to spend ~10 minutes a week on with spreadsheets is now ~1 minute/week.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by mcphage on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @10:27PM (#46700762)

Why didn’t you work out a more manageable billing structure with them?! Or to put it another way: if it took you 10 minutes a week with spreadsheets to even figure out what their bill is, how on earth did they verify your invoices were even correct? And if they couldn’t—or if it took more than 10 minutes each week—why wouldn’t they prefer a billing system they could verify they were being paid correctly?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by jryle70 on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @12:42AM (#46701560)

Jesus! is this HN or personal finance forum? Who cares why they do it a certain way. Did they ask for your advices?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by mdavid626 on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @01:50AM (#46701978)

If you work like this in a company, you’ll end up with overcomplicated mess.

Now, people with Claude Code, are ready to produce a big pile of shit in a short time.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works? by mcphage on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @01:07PM (#46709214)

I’m not trying to give advice, I’m just curious about their arrangement. When I did consulting, I hated billing, and would have wanted a system that was as easy as possible.

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