Off Autopilot #4
Curated, human-written, high signal articles about agentic coding
This issue’s articles:
Using AI to write better code more slowly
“A lot of people seem convinced that the point of AI coding is to write low-quality code as fast as possible. Spew out barely-passable slop, open massive PRs, and merge them unvetted. Ship it!”
The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
“As always, I’m using my Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle test to help illustrate the differences between the models”
“To me, clanker is a much preferable term for agent. Agency lies with humans, not with machines. Calling these things agents I still believe is a mistake”
I found only 3 human-written articles on agentic coding worth your time this week. If you’d like me to include more stuff in the future, such as OSS libs for agentic coding or research papers, reply to this email and let me know. Otherwise, I’ll keep optimizing for signal, even if that means fewer links.
Have a nice week!
Alex
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