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I’m a senior engineer and I find myself using agents all the time. Working on huge codebases or experimenting with different languages and technologies makes ev

• azinman2 1y ago
  Can you give some examples of how you use it? I'm used to asking for very specific things, but less so full on agent mode.
  • hadlock 1y ago
    Agent mode seems to be better at realizing all the places in the code base that need to be updated, particularly if the feature touches 5+ files, whereas editor starts to struggle with features that touch 2-3 files. "every 60 ticks, predict which items should get cached based on user direction of travel, then fetch, transform and cache them. when new items need to be drawn, check the cache first and draw from there, otherwise fetch and transform on demand." this touches the core engine, user movement, file operations, graphics etc and agent mode seems to have no problem with this at all.
  • maronato 1y ago
    Personally, I’ve found agents to be a great “multitasking” tool. Let’s say I make a few changes in the code that will require changes or additions to tests. I give the agent the test command I want it to run and the files to read, and let it cycle between running tests and modifying files. While it’s doing that, I open Slack or do whatever else I need to do. After a few minutes, I come back, review the agent’s changes, fix anything that needs to be fixed or give it further instructions, and move to the next thing.
    • andrewpareles 1y ago
      I think a good use of time while waiting for an LLM is to ask another LLM for something. Until then Slack will do :)