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Selection Rather Than Prediction – Voratiq

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Coding agents are getting quite good, and the question everyone asks is: which one should I use?

Selection Rather than Prediction – Voratiq Selection Rather than Prediction Feb 3, 2026 Coding agents are getting quite good, and the question everyone asks is: which one should I use? However, agent performance varies considerably by language, task type, and time. When you commit to a single agent, you're predicting it will be best for whatever task you throw at it. That bet might be informed by evals, experience, or word of mouth. But the variance is high enough that you'll often be wrong. Selection sidesteps the prediction problem. Generate many candidate implementations, and choose from th

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