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title: "Comment by Kartik N V J K on \"The AI Coding Agent Workflow That Actually Works After 1,000 Hours\" | Hashnode"
description: "The \"task vs goal\" distinction is the most practical insight I have seen on this topic. I made the same mistake early on: gave the agent a goal, got a technical"
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Comment [The AI Coding Agent Workflow That Actually Works After 1,000 Hours](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-ai-coding-agent-workflow-that-actually-works-after-1-000-hours/6a0c191b6444917903bfca6b)

[Kartik N V J K](https://hashnode.com/@kartik-nvj)

[Sep 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-ai-coding-agent-workflow-that-actually-works-after-1-000-hours/6a0c191b6444917903bfca6b/comment/6ab43598fdb2786b29cea8ea)

The "task vs goal" distinction is the most practical insight I have seen on this topic. I made the same mistake early on: gave the agent a goal, got a technically correct but architecturally wrong solution, and spent more time fixing it than I would have spent coding. Now I write tasks with specific files, constraints, and a definition of done I can verify in two minutes. What is the biggest productivity gain you noticed after switching from goals to tasks?