Yes
When I came back, it had found a way to get 3x performance and stopped on the 20th iteration
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3x improvement in performance number
In the thread “Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?”, replying to this comment
Helped: Iterating on complex SQL script with strict output constraints.
… I let it loose and went to dinner. When I came back, it had found a way to get 3x performance and stopped on the 20th iteration. Is there another human that could get me even better performance given the same parameters. …