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How coding agents work underneath, and where the field moved next.
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2026
18 notes
№ 19
May 24, 2026
4 min · 413 reads
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✦ 10
The Shape Coding Agents Converge On
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№ 18
May 22, 2026
4 min · 167 reads
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✦ 3
Feature Gates Show The Product Pressure
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№ 17
May 20, 2026
5 min · 166 reads
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✦ 6
Everything Is Pluggable
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№ 16
May 18, 2026
4 min · 174 reads
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✦ 4
The Right Primitive
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№ 15
May 16, 2026
5 min · 186 reads
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✦ 7
Subagents Turn The CLI Into A Small Scheduler
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№ 14
May 14, 2026
4 min · 230 reads
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✦ 5
Done Means Verified
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№ 13
May 12, 2026
4 min · 141 reads
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✦ 3
The Agent Is Built To Fail Well
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№ 12
May 10, 2026
3 min · 138 reads
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✦ 3
Staying In Control
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№ 11
May 08, 2026
4 min · 178 reads
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✦ 3
Reading A Codebase It Has Never Seen
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№ 10
May 06, 2026
4 min · 154 reads
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✦ 3
Thinking Is Cheaper Than Doing
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№ 09
May 04, 2026
4 min · 251 reads
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✦ 6
Memory After The Laptop Closes
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№ 08
May 02, 2026
4 min · 255 reads
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✦ 8
Why It Feels Fast
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№ 07
Apr 30, 2026
4 min · 253 reads
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✦ 5
The Prompt Is An Economy
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№ 06
Apr 28, 2026
5 min · 281 reads
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✦ 10
Context Is Managed, Not Infinite
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№ 05
Apr 26, 2026
6 min · 276 reads
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✦ 10
Permissions Are A Runtime, Not A Popup
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№ 04
Apr 24, 2026
6 min · 225 reads
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✦ 5
The Tool System Is The Product
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№ 03
Apr 22, 2026
4 min · 253 reads
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✦ 7
The System Prompt Is The Agent's Worldview
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№ 02
Apr 20, 2026
6 min · 2.8K reads
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✦ 78
Claude Code Is A State Machine
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2025
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№ 01
Jun 19, 2025
17 min · 249 reads
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✦ 5
The Battlefield Moved
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