Yes
Now, to a much greater extent, I can just fix the things
annoyingcyclist on Hacker News
In the thread “Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?”
Helped: Fitting code fixes into workflow without needing formal prioritization or approval.
… Before coding agents, I'd have to weigh fixing these against my official work commitments, often getting shot down when I tried to get it prioritized or tsk tsked for delaying official projects to make code nicer. Now, to a much greater extent, I can just fix the things. The agents aren't perfect and the process isn't anything like hands off, but it's enough of a speedup that I can fit it in alongside my other work without having to get approval for it or try (and fail) to get it formally prioritized. …