I stopped reviewing my agents' code. Here's what I do instead

This explains a new way of building software with coding agents: stop line-by-line code review and instead set clear intent, build strong guardrails, define goals, and let a coordinator agent orchestrate sub-agents to implement work in small, auto-merged increments. The argument is that recent model improvements make agents reliable enough when paired with rigorous CI, tests, review bots, and feature flags; failures are treated as gaps in guardrails to be fixed, not as blame. The author reports merging 562 PRs in two weeks while still taking nights off, and recommends reviewing plans and progress reports rather than diffs.

The concrete workflow: plan interactively with the agent until aligned, then start a coordinator session that holds the plan and delegates tasks to short-lived sub-agents that parallelize work. Enforce unit and end-to-end tests, CI checks, automated bugbers and merge gates so nothing merges unless every check passes; ship tiny increments behind feature flags and run multi-stage deploys. Let goals run for hours or days and run multiple goals concurrently. Practical notes include token limits becoming a bottleneck and using multiple model accounts or orchestration tools to keep long sessions alive. Try it on one low-risk feature, give the agent an outcome instead of a ticket, and identify missing guardrails that would let agents self-correct.