The more autonomously you want "AI" coding agents to work, the better your automated workflows, coordination and quality gates will need to be.
As you approach 100%, cost rises to infinity. It's an asymptote.
Walk things back to where the value > the cost
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/100-autonomous-agentic-coding-is-a-fools-errand/
Jason Gorman
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