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Agentic coding shifts work from writing to review, user finds

A user found that while agentic coding tools like Cursor can generate features faster, the overall time savings are negated by the increased effort required for code review. The process shifts from writing code to meticulously reviewing larger, more complex changes, making the actual work no faster. The user suggests that claims of significant speedups often overlook this crucial review phase. AI

IMPACT Agentic coding tools may not deliver promised speedups due to increased review burden.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece on the practical impact of agentic coding tools.

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/notomarsol ·

    Agentic coding didn't make me faster it just moved the work to review

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>i've been trying agentic coding for a few months now, letting claude code or cursor run a whole task end to end instead of babysitting every line. and yeah, it produces a working feature faster than i would have on my own. </p> <p>the part nobody…