How to Get Your Org to Adopt Coding Agents (Without Shipping Garbage) — Eyal Blum, Figma
Aug 28, 2026 · 17:43
Eyal Blum, a software engineer at Figma, explains why the engineers slowest to adopt coding agents are often the best ones, and how his org is making agent adoption safe without shipping garbage. He outlines a three-act adoption process and notes adoption is uneven, forcing AI-forward and skeptical teams to coexist. Blum argues the highest-value investment is verification — using Playwright MCP, moving deterministic checks down the testing pyramid, and having agents write tests first in TDD style. He advocates detailed planning over prompting: a week-long plan yields 20 small PRs, turning six weeks of coding into one week (a 5x speedup). He also addresses reduced developer agency, says AI-written communication needs explicit labeling because human attention is scarce, and advises treating skeptics' complaints as the roadmap to make agents safer.
