My Agentic Engineering Scorecard

Over the past few months, I’ve gradually converged on a highly iterative style of agentic software development, shying away from the "dark software factory" approach. This post explains why I've made the move, how other agentic engineering practices fit into that model, and which of those practices I’ve personally found useful.

I'd be curious to hear others' experiences here. Anybody been really successful with the "dark software factory" approach? Any new practices I should be prioritizing over the others I mention being interested in, but that I haven't adopted yet?