Director, Not Performer
What is it to build software with coding agents? It's something distinctly different than writing code by hand.
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What is it to build software with coding agents? It's something distinctly different than writing code by hand.
In 2022, I had recently started a new job as a software engineer. As usual, there were a lot of new things to learn and one of those was getting comfortable working in a programming language that I hadn't used professionally before.
Agents can make progress independently, but they also make messes
I use code agents to help me code in various capacities. Everything from fully "vibe coded" tools to scripts to specific, well described tasks.
If you've read any of my writing in the past year, you're probably aware I've heavily adopted agents to build much of the software I write now. What I've done less of is write about the strategies I've used to do this.
This post is an edit and repost of my rant from Bluesky