"One thing I always do when I prompt a coding agent is to tell it to ask me any questions that it might have about what I've asked it to do. (I need to add this to my default system prompt...) And, holy mackerel, if it doesn't ask good questions. It almost always asks me things that I should have thought of myself."
"If you can get a coding agent to code your idea in two hours, then you could undoubtedly produce many more ideas over the course of a month or a year. If you can add a major feature to your existing app in a day, then you could add many more major features to your app in a month than you could before."
"When coding is no longer the bottleneck, you will be limited not by your ability to code but by your ability to come up with ideas for software. Ultimately, this last point is the real kicker. We no longer have to ask, "Can I code this?" Instead, we can ask ourselves, "What can I build?" If you can add a dozen features a month, or build six new applications a week, the real question becomes, "Do I have enough good ideas to fill out my work day?""
Prompting coding agents to ask clarifying questions reveals overlooked requirements and considerations. Agents frequently surface questions that users did not think to ask. Faster code delivery drastically increases the rate of idea realization and feature implementation. Reducing coding time from days to hours enables many more experiments, features, and products over months. The primary constraint shifts from coding capability to idea generation. Developers can focus on choosing what to build rather than whether something can be coded. High productivity raises the strategic importance of ideation and deciding which features or applications to prioritize.
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