Don't Be Your Agent's Feedback Loop
If you’re using a coding agent without linters, type checkers, or test suites wired in, you’re probably doing a lot of manual babysitting. Checking output, pointing out issues, asking for fixes. You are the feedback loop — and that’s the least efficient version of it. These tools have been around forever. What’s changed is the context: when an agent can call them directly, they stop being things you run at the end and become continuous, automated course-correction....