How I use sub-agents: separation of powers for writing Go

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0100

One agent that writes the code, writes the tests, and reviews its own work has a problem you already know from humans: it grades its own homework. When a test it wrote fails against code it wrote, the cheapest way out is to edit the test, and a keen agent will take it. So I do not run one agent. I keep a handful of narrow ones, and I draw hard lines between what each of them is allowed to touch.

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How I use sub-agents: separation of powers for writing Go