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187: Agentic Coding

May 02, 2026 1:38:00 16.11 MB ( 77.96 MB less) Downloads: 0
187: Agentic Coding

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Topic: Agentic Coding

  • Progression
    • Better Code Completion
      • Intellisense
      • Copilot
    • Cowriting 
      • Cursor
      • Roo Code 
    • Longer Horizon
      • Claude Code
      • Codex
      • Gemini CLI
    • Swarm
  • Guidelines
    • Git
    • Planning
    • Task decomposition
    • AGENTS.md
    • Adjusting vs Restarting
    • Skepticism
  • Future of software engineering?