  > What makes you think that agents can't iterate?

Please RTFA or RTF top most comment in the thread.

Can they? Yes. Will they reliably? If so, why would it be better to restart...

But the real answer to your question: personal experience

▲ thunky 2 days ago | parent [-]

> Please RTFA

TFA says:

Engineers use Claude Code for rapid prototyping by enabling "auto-accept mode" (shift+tab) and setting up autonomous loops in which Claude writes code, runs tests, and iterates continuously.

The tool rapidly prototypes features and iterates on ideas without getting bogged down in implementation details

▲ godelski a day ago | parent [-]

Don't cherry-pick, act in good faith. I know you can also read the top comment I suggested.

I know it's a long article and the top comment is hard to find, so allow me to help

  > Treat it like a slot machine
  >
  > Save your state before letting Claude work, let it run for 30 minutes, then either accept the result or start fresh rather than trying to wrestle with corrections. ***Starting over often has a higher success rate than trying to fix Claude's mistakes.***

*YOU* might be able to iterate well with Claude but I really don't think a slot machine is consistent with the type of iteration we're discussing here. You can figure out what things mean in context or you can keep intentionally misinterpreting. At least the LLM isn't intentionally misinterpreting

	▲	nojito a day ago \| parent [-]
		That’s actually an old workflow. Nowadays you spin up a thin container and let it go wild. If it messes up you simply just destroy the container, undo the git history and try again. Takes no time at all.