I don't need an agent to invent a new way to run my tests or triage a PR every time. Extracting those procedures into code gives me reusable tools, smaller agent jobs, and results I can inspect. It can also give me a very elaborate way to waste time.
I had already done much of the thinking. AI helped assemble the supporting material, take away the blank page, and turn my teaching notes into a handout.
The Software Factory became a bottleneck. I’m scaling it back toward working drafts, bounded agent work, and verification that helps me finish rather than making every iteration start over.