Gergely Orosz · 1 min read · Gen AI Tools
Ideas: slow down to speed up when working with AI agents
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The article previews the keynote Slow down to speed up and upcoming podcast updates from the author at the Craft Conference in Budapest. It argues that AI coding tools—now widely used by software engineers—make rapid progress possible, but the most productive approach is to slow down and adopt deliberate, validated workflows when working with AI agents.
Key Takeaways
- AI coding tools are now widely used and can accelerate development, but speed must be balanced with quality and safety.
- Adopt deliberate, validated workflows when integrating AI agents to avoid brittle or erroneous results.
- Incorporate human-in-the-loop and thorough validation when relying on AI for coding tasks.
- Take time to reflect on processes and design decisions before automating decisions with AI.
Excerpt
Scheduling update: this week, there will be a podcast episode on Wednesday and no The Pulse on Thursday. I’m in Budapest, Hungary, this week, for Craft Conference, where I’ll be giving a keynote presentation alongside other speakers, including software engineering legend Kent Beck, who’s been on the podcast , Hillel Wayne, a formal methods expert and the author of ‘ Logic for Programmers ’, and Titus Winters, lead author of Software Engineering at Google . The title of my keynote is “Slow down to speed up”, and I’ve been thinking about this topic a lot recently. Here are some things…