Delving into the Rabbit Hole of Agentic Coding: What Went Wrong, What Worked, and What I Should Have Done Differently

TL;DR: In this post, I go through my experience attempting to solve real problems with the help of AI agents and agentic software development 🤖. I walk through the steps I took 👣, the thought process and decisions I made along the way 🧠, from planning to development to testing 🧪. This is a story of my attempt to build two tools that solve day-to-day workflow issues, one that failed and one that succeeded, and what I learned from both 😁. With all the hype and writeups about AI and (air quotes) ✌ agentic software development ✌, I think it's about time that I do a writeup about my personal experience with this shiny new tool. It may not be new now for most of you, but I still find myself just scratching the surface of artificial intelligence. And so that is my first disclaimer — I am not an agentic development guru but just a regular developer talking about his experience with AI. Before we get into the nits and bits of everything, I wanted to express my appreciation for my employer 😉 for