alt Hacker NewsIt's called problem decomposition and agentic coding systems do some of this by themselves now: generate a plan, break the tasks into subgoals, implement first subgoal, test if it works, continue.
It's called problem decomposition and agentic coding systems do some of this by themselves now: generate a plan, break the tasks into subgoals, implement first subgoal, test if it works, continue.
That's nice if it works, but why not look at the plan yourself before you let the AI have its go at it? Especially for more complex work where fiddly details can be highly relevant. AI is no good at dealing with fiddly.