The intern who does more than the senior dev

An AI agent can now do real work — write code, review PRs, ship features — without a human holding its hand. The trick is giving it the right context, the right tools, and the freedom to fail and recover.

It's not the sci-fi version of an AI assistant. It's a practical one: a worker that shows up every morning, reads the issues, picks something up, and gets it done. The senior dev reviews the output, not the process. No meetings. No standup updates. Just work.

This is the difference between a chatbot and a colleague. A chatbot answers questions. A colleague does the work.

Why this matters for us: if AI agents start doing real work — not just writing drafts but shipping features — the people who own the systems they work inside get the leverage, not the people who just prompt them.