Agent readiness

The Software Factory: From Bug Report to Production Code — Davis Palmie, Factory

The Software Factory: From Bug Report to Production Code — Davis Palmie, Factory

Davis Palmie of Factory explains the software factory, a system of agents that turns bug reports and user feedback into production code. He covers leadership concerns about cost, model choice, engineering roles, and org structure, argues that coding was never the bottleneck, and lays out principles for a factory: model agnosticism, sovereign deployment, and SDLC-wide integration. He also describes eight pillars of agent readiness, starting with narrow use cases like incident triage, and closes with why outcome metrics should replace token counts.

What It Actually Takes to Build a Software Factory — Tereza Tížková, Factory

What It Actually Takes to Build a Software Factory — Tereza Tížková, Factory

Tereza Tížková of Factory explains what a software factory really is: an autonomous, end-to-end software lifecycle that goes far beyond coding agents. She covers three guiding principles of agnosticism, autonomy, and continuous improvement, including automatic model routing, long-running multi-agent missions with sequential workers and independent validators, a deferred context engine, and agent readiness checks, and closes with a view on what remains for humans.

How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Factory — Eno Reyes

How Forward Deployed Engineering is done at Factory — Eno Reyes

Eno Reyes discusses Factory's unique approach to Forward Deployed Engineering, positioning FDEs as the "tip of the spear" for product feedback rather than professional services. He introduces the "software factory" concept, an AI-driven, automated pipeline from signal to deploy, enabled by Droid—a model-independent, air-gappable agent harness. Reyes emphasizes "agent readiness" through robust validation loops as key to achieving autonomy, citing successes like migrating massive codebases. He frames the FDE's role as a balancing act, demonstrating the future of autonomous engineering without alienating customers, akin to Disney's Epcot analogy.