Author warns multi-agent coding overloads human attention

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The author argues that using multiple AI coding agents simultaneously overloads human attention, leading to superficial skimming of code, prose, and tests rather than true understanding. The piece contends that code production has become cheap while human attention remains strictly limited, requiring engineering teams to restrict Work-In-Progress limits and shift code reviews upstream to human design discussions. Open article →