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To people reading the article: replace the word "agent" with "intern".

> Without tests? Your intern might claim something works without having actually tested it at all, plus any new change could break an unrelated feature without you realizing it. Test-first development is particularly effective with interns that can iterate in a loop.

Vibe engineer? No, try technical manager.

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As a CTO of a small company, spending a lot of time reviewing other developers' PRs, I completely agree. I recently enabled Github Copilot Agent and use it a lot for dealing with smaller and lower priority tasks in an async workflow (e.g. while I am doing other things). A lot of developers are not very good writers, and reviewing PRs from Copilot, with access to the full "thinking process" and being able to request changes in a few comments is sometimes more pleasant and effective

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