More than just code review
Simon Willison argues that the core skill for using coding agents is confidently instructing them and verifying the results, not line-by-line code review.
Simon Willison argues that the core skill for using coding agents is confidently instructing them and verifying the results, not line-by-line code review.
OpenAI integrates the Codex coding agent into ChatGPT, reshaping software engineering workflows through multi-agent parallelism, custom skills, and always-on background operations.
The optimal way to use advanced AI coding tools isn't micromanagement, but granting them autonomous judgment and dynamic routing, letting the main model focus on architecture while sub-agents handle implementation.
Leveraging Claude Code and WebGPU, developers are seamlessly bringing edge AI models into browsers, reshaping the parallel AI coding paradigm.
Simon Willison shares how he built a web tool to visualize his personal iNaturalist observations over a camping weekend, using only his phone, Claude Code, Git Scraping, and a single AI prompt.
When top models no longer hide engineering flaws with a 'free lunch,' developers must rethink the balance of context strategies, workflow design, and cost efficiency.