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How I Measure Whether My Agent Is Actually Saving Me Time

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Every "my agent did X in Y minutes" post measures the happy path. The honest question is different: did the whole week get shorter? Here is the measurement that survived my own bias. Measure the task, not the demo For each task I track four numbers: human baseline - how long it took me by hand, ave…

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  1. 2026-10-20 22:53 · DEV Community — AI
    How I Measure Whether My Agent Is Actually Saving Me Time

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