# Why It Feels Fast

By Rajdeep Mondal. Published 2026-05-02. 4 min read

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Tags: Agents, Claude Code, AI Systems

> A slow agent can still feel fast. You build that gap out of three moves. Stream each word as it lands, run the independent chores together. Start the next tool before the message ends. Latency is a product decision.

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