Ask HN: How do you give estimates in the age of Agentic coding

2 points | by nibbleyou 3 hours ago

2 comments

  • micahdeath 2 hours ago

    i ask the ai and use it - even though the code can be complete in a few minutes i spend alot of time reviewing and tweaking the output... surprising me, the timelines provided have been pretty close.

    • saltyoldman 2 hours ago

      Code should be done same day, testing can take a while depending on how complex the product is. For example, some companies can simply have a unit test or integration test, but real products often need to run a 15 minute pipeline with multiple databases active and LLMs responding without errors, etc...

      Our product is fairly complex, but most tickets are finished in a day.