How to optimize your agentic time

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My coding agent is working. Should I wait—or start something else? 🤔 That’s one of the more unexpected challenges of agentic coding. If the agent needs another twenty minutes, I could tackle a different topic. If it needs a decision in thirty seconds, switching context might cost more than it save…