The mythical AI-agent month
5 days ago
- #AI-coding-agents
- #software-development
- #Brookes-law
- Brooke's Law states that adding more people to a late software project increases coordination overhead and delays completion.
- Small teams (e.g., '2-pizza teams') balance productivity and coordination, while open-source projects rely on a few core contributors.
- Generative AI for coding is best used as an auto-complete tool with human oversight, not as an independent agent.
- AI-generated code requires strict human review due to potential bugs, security issues, and poor readability.
- AI agents often produce noisy, inefficient, or insecure code, increasing technical debt and maintenance overhead.
- Human-verified code ensures minimalism, good architecture, security, and readability—qualities AI agents struggle to deliver.
- Using AI agents as independent coders introduces more overhead than human collaboration, making the 'AI agent month' a myth.