Re:You'll need nerves of steel to work with AI agents
by barrkel on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:02AM
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You're just using a model that's too weak for the tasks you're giving it.
You can go a long way with a weak model but you need to instruct it closely like it's a novice engineer. It's not super productive so it's better to have a smarter agent do the direction. The smarter agent will need context. You may be able to save on the context by building better indexes and docs of the code but you'll need to keep those up to date.
Or you could just use a smarter model, and perhaps a two-phase plan->execute modality. And maybe you need to get your payment card out. $200/month is still not a lot of money compared to salaries.
You can go a long way with a weak model but you need to instruct it closely like it's a novice engineer. It's not super productive so it's better to have a smarter agent do the direction. The smarter agent will need context. You may be able to save on the context by building better indexes and docs of the code but you'll need to keep those up to date.
Or you could just use a smarter model, and perhaps a two-phase plan->execute modality. And maybe you need to get your payment card out. $200/month is still not a lot of money compared to salaries.
It's tradeoffs all the way.