An agent that can read a repository, run commands and propose changes moves the workload rather than removing it. Time saved on writing is partly paid back in review.
Where the gain is largest
- Repetitive migrations: renaming a field across forty files, bumping a dependency, aligning conventions.
- The first draft of a test: the skeleton and the obvious edge cases arrive in seconds.
- Exploring unfamiliar code: getting a map of the terrain before deciding where to intervene.
What resists
Architecture decisions, product trade-offs and anything requiring knowledge of past compromises stay human. An agent produces a plausible answer where an informed one is needed.
The rule that held up best
Delegate what you could verify in less time than doing it yourself would take. Past that point, review becomes the bottleneck.
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