--- title: "My AI Adoption Journey" url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-ai-adoption-journey-xnuqmrzp6 source_url: https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey type: article source: "Mitchell Hashimoto" published: 2026-02-05T18:48:13.904Z updated: 2026-02-05T18:48:34.943Z tags: ["ai", "automation", "llm", "productivity"] reading_time: 12 upvotes: 4 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My AI Adoption Journey **[Mitchell Hashimoto](https://daily.dev/sources/mitchellh)** · 12 min read · 4 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Mitchell Hashimoto shares his six-step journey to finding value in AI coding tools. He emphasizes moving beyond chatbots to AI agents that can read files, execute programs, and make HTTP requests. Key strategies include reproducing manual work with agents to build expertise, running end-of-day agents for research and triage, delegating high-confidence tasks while working on other projects, engineering harnesses to prevent repeated mistakes, and maintaining a constant stream of agent work. He stresses the importance of understanding when not to use agents and controlling context switching by disabling notifications. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@khauma** · 0 upvotes > Another blog win for Mr. Hashimoto. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [How I use AI agents to write code](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-use-ai-agents-to-write-code-onvlmqy00) · Read the Tea Leaves · 99 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/my-ai-adoption-journey-xnuqmrzp6)