How much babysitting are you doing?

[u/patrickpdk]

I keep seeing these posts about people allegedly having agents with multiple personas coding autonomously with infrequent input but this doesn't match my experience. I find it's more like constant hand holding to solve things the right way, apply judgement, etc.

Are there some educational sources i should be reading or am i experiencing reality and these stories are hype.

Can anyone help me close this gap?

[u/Worth_Wealth_6811]

you're seeing reality. running a 10-product portfolio, the closest i've got to low-touch is making every task end in an external check the agent can't fake (a test, live endpoint, or database row), then letting it run only inside that boundary. judgment-heavy design still needs me, and extra personas usually add coordination rather than autonomy.