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The Last Mile Problem in Agentic Development

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Agents have made the first 80% of building software fast. Point enough of them at a well-defined problem, and you get working code, passing tests, and a system that looks almost done, sometimes in hours. Then you hit the last 10 to 20%. That's where I think the biggest problem facing agentic develo…

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