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A veteran programmer says moving his engineering team to an AI-first workflow brought a 2–3x speedup and helped them rewrite a Python MCP server in Rust in a few days.
Why it mattersIn a 21 October post, the author also describes the less frictionless side of agentic coding: more decision fatigue and greater demands on developers’ attention. He says solid architecture and high-level tests still matter. It’s a useful first-person account of both the acceleration and the extra oversight work. The speed figure is the author’s own estimate, not a controlled comparison.
Discuss: If AI agents make coding faster but demand more developer attention, which matters more when deciding whether a team is genuinely more productive?
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