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Burke Holland

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842 total appearances

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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

It could write unit tests, but unit tests, as we're learning, are woefully inadequate for telling you whether or not your code actually works.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

So that's a long way of answering your question is that like, I don't have all the answers.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

These are just the things that I think about on a daily basis.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

And then how do I further get myself out of the loop?

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

So if I'm sitting here babysitting the thing constantly, how can I automate what I'm doing right now?

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Could Adam, for instance.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Is it possible for me to give Copilot CLI a large job and then walk away and have it message me on Telegram and say, hey, listen, like I did this much.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

I think this is what we should do next.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Let me know what you think.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

And then I can respond and say, yes, do or don't do this.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

And then it goes off and continues to do it.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Can it operate more as like a team lead?

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

And I think the answer is yes, but you have to have the workflows and the checks and balances set up to actually make that happen.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Yeah, I've thought about this a lot myself, where it's like what you really want is for the agent to just work all night, like you said, and then build the thing that I want.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

But the problem is it doesn't know what you want and you cannot get out.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

everything because you don't know.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

And that's not how software is built anyway.

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

In no world is, are all the requirements and constraints to find upfront.