The bottleneck in agentic engineering isn't writing code anymore.

By Rohan Kataria · Oct 27, 2026

Key points

  • The bottleneck in agentic engineering isn't writing code anymore. It's reviewing it. Today coding agents produce PRs faster than any team can read them.

  • Rules for an auto merge are straight: test coverage stays consistent, and refactors do not change the existing module graph.

  • A deterministic tool and rule engine would give the same answer on the 50th PR as on the 1st.

  • Clear boundaries >>> more human review

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