The Graph Nobody Draws There's a pattern I keep seeing in agentic development that almost nobody talks about. It looks like an inverted U: Complexity │ │ ╭──────╮ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ╲ │───╱ ╲─── │ └───────────────────────────→ Maturity Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 "Build me "Multi-agent "Just talk an app" orchestration" to it" Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Stage 1 : Low maturity, low complexity. You throw one big prompt at an agent. "Build me an app." That's what you think agentic coding is. Stage 2 : Mid maturity, HIGH complexity. Multiple agents, hooks, hookflows, governance patterns, test-driven development with agents, skill extraction, orchestration layers. Everything is meticulously organized. Stage 3 : High maturity, LOW complexity. You go back to simple prompts and one agent. That's all you need. Simple planning, simple executing, proper steering. I saw this concept articulated perfectly in Peter Steinberger's conversation with Lex Fridman about agentic engineering.…