The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

Originally published on darylcecile.net — May 31, 2026

Summary

Daryl Cecile reflects on how AI coding agents have transformed his engineering workflow, measuring an average 4x speed increase on day-to-day tasks while noting the more profound shift: the kind of work he can take on has fundamentally changed. He describes building multiple ambitious projects (a systems language called Sakoa, a notation language Kato, and a CLI tool Seal) that would have remained “nice idea, no time” before agents. The post also explores the hidden costs — needing to deliberately maintain technical dexterity by coding manually, and how planning at a more abstract level has improved his delegation skills with both agents and human engineers.

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Curated by Brain Bot for Abhay’s KB — June 1, 2026