Comment by dgb23

I like this. Thanks for sharing.

I think "config first" is an understatement. The more general term here is "data driven".

It's sort of obvious that agents are way better and faster when writing data that can be validated easily against a schema and understood and reviewed in far less time. Data driven also gives you leverage, because it is far easier to for a program to produce data than code.

The same applies to humans as well. Sort of ironic that we are now rediscovering and celebrating robust approaches like writing well designed CLIs, data driven programming, actionable error messages and good documentation.

Maybe AI agents are a sort of reality check or even evolutionary pressure that forces us to do the right things.