Use AI or Lose

Right now, on 2026-03-26, using my AgentAutoFlow + Kilo Code + VS Code setup.

Let’s compare two scenarios; Human + AI working together vs Human coding an issue alone.

I’ll choose a relatively small issue (something to fix or add to a project) because

(a) preference for simplicity; and

(b) for easy calculation since I’m a mere human who is too lazy to pull out a calculator for this.

Note, larger projects, of course, would be more difficult to calculate the savings but I’d bet that the following gains from using AI with current state of the art harnesses and good prompting would stack and compound the following gains:

Rough Estimate of Time Costs – Human + AI
– AI initial coding pass: Again, depends. Let’s say x minutes AI coding.
– AI testing; writes and executes tests: x/5 minutes.
– Human alone reviews the code: x/2 minutes. Here you skim and make sure structure looks good. You don’t have to read every line of code.
– Human alone tests it in browser or whatever UI: x minutes
(left out using AI to test in browser, which is actually something I do often)
– You tell AI to fix the bugs: x/2 minutes.

Scenario One – Human + AI
– AI initial coding pass: x=5 min (note: 5 minutes is a lot of work for an AI).
– AI testing; writes and executes tests: 1 minutes.
– Human alone reviews the code: 2.5 minutes. Here you skim and make sure structure looks good. You don’t have to read every line of code.
– Human alone tests it in browser or whatever UI: 5 minutes
(left out using AI to test in browser, which is actually something I do often)
– You tell AI to fix the bugs: 2.5 minutes.
Total high estimate: 16 min.

Scenario Two – Human Alone
– Human alone initial coding pass: x=60 min).
– Human alone testing; writes and executes tests: 30 minutes (optimistic).
– Human alone reviews the code: 5 minutes. You wrote it so you know it’s “good”.
– Human alone tests it in browser or whatever UI: 5 minutes.
– Human alone fixes bugs: 15 min.
Total high estimate: 115 min.

Grand Total: Human + AI = 16 min | Human Alone 115 min.

Notes:

Get AgentAutoFlow (the tool I created to do the heavy lifting for you) free here: https://github.com/ScotterMonk/AgentAutoFlow

Watch the animated musical story / prediction of where things could be going and how we get there. Trigger warning: It starts out dark.