Charlie Holtz says fast AI-assisted builders test new tools early, while avoiding endless workflow tinkering that displaces actual product work. He recommends customizing an agent workflow when a team has specific knowledge about its users or codebase that a general tool cannot supply.
Charlie Holtz proposes strict human review for sensitive parts of a codebase, including migration files, and careful authorship of the instructions that agents read at the start of each session. He also argues that agents benefit from a shared, searchable store of organizational decisions, bug reports and other relevant context.
Charlie Holtz favors persistent sandboxes and collaborative workspaces so people and agents can work on larger tasks together. He closes with an orchestra metaphor: developers should direct and inspect the work while preserving human craft, rather than treating software creation as a feature assembly line.
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