Simon Willison: The Cognitive Impact of Coding Agents — Practitioners Report Mental Fatigue from Agent Supervision
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Simon Willison discusses the cognitive cost of working with AI coding agents on the Lenny Rachitsky podcast, noting that supervising agents introduces a distinct form of mental fatigue different from direct coding. The clip was cut into short-form vertical video and is gaining traction as practitioners share their own experiences with the hidden overhead of agent-assisted development.