Comment by dzjkb
1 month ago
AI can write 2000 lines faster than you, but you can write the 2000 lines correctly first shot faster than having AI do 10 iterations on these 2000 lines with your guidance to finally get it right
I know that a better plan could mean fewer iterations, but again that extends the time you need to spend on that plan => the total time of the AI solution
Right but those 10 iterations only take up prompt writing time. When the agent is executing I move onto other tasks in parallel. AI is faster when you parallelize your work flow.
prompt writing and parsing the AI output, and thats still work you have to do - not sure why you bring up parallelism since you cant do other things while you're writing the prompts
Other agents can be working while you're writing prompts.
Let me put it more explicitly. For one project I have 10 folders clones of the same project on my local computer. Each one of those folders is responsible for working on a different ticket/feature. I prompt one folder, move on to the next. It takes practice to get used to this style.