Designing agentic development workflows: where it hurts, and what to build first

Description and use

<p>Five parts of design, and design flatters itself. This one does not.</p> <p>What follows is where the shape described so far still hurts, all of it observed in real runs, and then the short list of what to build first if you are starting one. If you read nothing else in the series, read the list.</p> <p><em>Follows on from the whole series, but stands alone: every limitation names the thing it broke.</em></p> <h2> Where it hurts </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.am

Problem

<p>Five parts of design, and design flatters itself. This one does not.</p> <p>What follows is where the shape described so far still hurts, all of it observed in real runs, and then the short list of what to build first if you are starting one. If you read nothing else in the series, read the list.</p> <p><em>Follows on from the whole series, but stands alone: every limitation names the thing it broke.</em></p> <h2> Where it hurts </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.am

Outcome

<p>Five parts of design, and design flatters itself. This one does not.</p> <p>What follows is where the shape described so far still hurts, all of it observed in real runs, and then the short list of what to build first if you are starting one. If you read nothing else in the series, read the list.</p> <p><em>Follows on from the whole series, but stands alone: every limitation names the thing it broke.</em></p> <h2> Where it hurts </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.am

Evidence

Designing agentic development workflows: where it hurts, and what to build first

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