Useful Things Agents Can Do That Are Not Writing Code

While much of the recent momentum around AI agents has centered on software engineering and automated coding, Elijah Potter's article steps back to examine alternative practical applications. The piece maps out utility across domains often overlooked in developer-centric benchmarks, highlighting agentic workflows in structured information retrieval, unstructured data normalization, and routine operational coordination. Away from the competitive scrutiny of coding benchmarks, the utility of autonomous agents appears to be quietly diversifying into ordinary, fragmented workplace tasks.