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Which development tasks are worth delegating to an AI agent?

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An AI agent can return a large patch quickly. The developer still has to understand the changes, verify the result, correct missed cases, and decide whether the patch is safe to accept. If that work takes longer than completing the task manually, the agent has added cost rather than saved time. Req…

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  1. 2026-08-25 12:41 · DEV Community — AI
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