AI agent development can be slowed by the need to securely access and migrate production data, leading to calls for unified governed data access layers
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Two articles argue that while agentic coding can make UI and code changes quickly and reversibly, changes that affect the data layer (such as migrations) are slower due to risk, planning needs, and operational safeguards. They also highlight that obtaining and wiring access to live operational data across systems can be time-consuming, proposing a centralized, governed API approach to provide consistent least-privilege permissions for agent connections.