Santiago Valdarrama
@svpino
Right now, I consult for several companies. I help their engineering teams introduce AI into their workflows.
Each of these teams has become much more productive than before using AI. Their software is better. They deliver faster and more.
It usually takes time to ramp up, but once they do, it's like a train: unstoppable.
The goal with these teams is to switch their focus:
Before: "we need high-quality code so humans can maintain it".
After: "we need a strong process to validate what agents do".
Many people believe these teams are somehow doomed to one day wake up and realize all of their software is crap. That they will realize all the agentic slop they shipped was useless.
I think those people are delusional.
