Ask HN: How do you cope with the broken rythm of agentic coding?
pauletienney Thursday, March 12, 2026I used to seek focus and concentration while coding. It was not always easy to reach this flow state but I knew it was possible.
I am now using agentic coding quite a lot. The honeymoon is finishing and I am starting to dislike some facets of it. I think the main setback is the rythm.
Writing some specs/prompts, launching the agent, confirming quite atomic actions and waiting 10 to 30 seconds until the next question/confirmation. Those very small wait times do not let me reach a concentration state.
I feel I am hovering the code. I am not deep into it as I used to be.
Do you feel the same? Did you find a way to change this?
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