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How to read a coding-agent benchmark without getting sold

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A nine-author study this week pulled a coding agent apart into its components and measured each one across 176 configurations. The findings are less exciting than any vendor slide and more useful than all of them, and they hand the buyer four questions no benchmark answers. The number on the slide…

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  1. 2026-09-21 14:19 · DEV Community — AI
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