Agentic engineering

Aug 09, 2026

Multiplayer agentic engineering — Arjun Singh, Superconductor

Arjun Singh, co-founder of Superconductor, discusses the six crucial lessons learned from integrating AI agents into their software development workflow. He emphasizes the importance of building "multiplayer agentic engineering" systems where human teams and AI agents collaborate seamlessly, focusing on model agnosticism, pervasive agent interfaces, transparent work visibility, automated signal-to-code conversion (like their "meeting bot"), secure isolated cloud environments, and internal code-base benchmarking to optimize cost, quality, and speed.

Aug 03, 2026

Agentic Engineering vs Software Engineering: Beyond Vibe Coding

Anna Gutowska explains the paradigm shift in software engineering towards "agentic engineering," where AI agents execute goals defined by developers. She differentiates this from traditional, AI-assisted, and vibe coding, highlighting the increased importance of human oversight, orchestration, and verification in a world of probabilistic AI systems, and how this redefines the developer's role.

May 08, 2026

Thin Harness, Fat Skills: The New Way To Build Software

This episode explores the transformative shift in software development, where AI agents empower solo developers to achieve unprecedented productivity. Featuring YC President Gary Tan's return to coding after 13 years, it delves into new workflows, the 'tokenmaxxing' philosophy, and the rise of personal, user-controlled AI.

Apr 29, 2026

Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering

Andrej Karpathy discusses the shift from 'vibe coding' to 'agentic engineering,' explaining why LLMs should be treated as 'ghosts'—jagged, statistical entities—rather than animals. He delves into the Software 3.0 paradigm, the limits of verifiability, and why human understanding remains the ultimate bottleneck in an age of outsourced thinking.

Apr 26, 2026

Collaborative AI Engineering — Maggie Appleton, GitHub Next

Maggie Appleton from GitHub Next argues that current agentic tools are flawed by focusing on individual productivity, ignoring the collaborative nature of software development. She introduces ACE (Agent Collaboration Environment), a multiplayer platform designed to solve team alignment issues by integrating planning, development, and shared context in a real-time, sandboxed environment.