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Honestly, I only use coding agents when I feel too lazy to type lots of boilerplate code.

As in "Please write just this one for me". Even still, I take care to review each line produced. The key is making small changes at a time.

Otherwise, I type out and think about everything being done when in ‘Flow State’. I don't like the feeling of vibe coding for long periods. It completely changes the way work is done, it takes away agency.

On a bit of a tangent, I can't get in Flow State when using agents. At least not as we usually define it.



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