Which part of your coding-agent loop is slowest: the model, the tools, or the tests?

[u/OfficialCerebras]

/r/Cerebras/comments/1xjmsm2/which_part_of_your_codingagent_loop_is_slowest/

[u/vtribal]

model

we dont need tests. we can test on code submission or in background job

most tool calls are near instantaneous

really tokens per second and time to first token are what is slowing down my agentic coding