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Re:Agentic Engineering Patterns by anon7000 on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @05:12AM (#47245424)
I don’t think that’s true. Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 in Cursor have marked the big shift for me. Before that, agentic development mostly made me want to just do it myself, because it was getting stuck or going on tangents.

I think it can (and is) shifting very rapidly. Everyone is different, and I’m sure models are better at different types of work (or styles of working), but it doesn’t take much to make it too frustrating to use. Which also means it doesn’t take much to make it super useful.

Re:Agentic Engineering Patterns by maccard on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @06:30AM (#47246021)
> I don’t think that’s true. Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 in Cursor.

Opus 4.6 has been out for less than a month. If it was a big shift surely we'd see a massive difference over 4.5 which was november. I think this proves the point, you're not seeing seisimic shifts every 3 months and you're not even clear about which model was the fix.

> I think it can (and is) shifting very rapidly.

Shifting, maybe. But shuffling deck chairs every 3 months.

Re:Agentic Engineering Patterns by thunky on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @07:34AM (#47246579)
I interpreted their comment to mean 4.5 was the shift, which was nov last year. "Before that" meaning pre 4.5.