Don't wait for your agents; let them wait for you

Developer Chris Tate (@ctatedev) backed a widely shared piece by Thorsten Ball arguing that you should stop worrying about how fast an agent replies and instead hand it bigger tasks that run in the background while you do something else.

Why it mattersThis is the mindset shift that makes agents pay off: batch up a meaty job (research a market, draft five proposals, clean a spreadsheet), set it running, and check back later, instead of chatting with it line by line.

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