The Rise (and Stumble) of Automated Coding Agents: A Builder’s Perspective
In the landscape of modern development, speed isn't just a luxury—it's the difference between being first to market or becoming a forgotten prototype. Like many solo builders and small teams today, we went looking for ways to optimize, accelerate, and level the playing field. What we found was a new kind of partner in development: Automated Coding Agents.
These agents, powered by large language models, promised a revolution in how we write, organize, and deploy code. And to a large extent, they delivered. But not without surprises.
Here’s our real, unfiltered journey—warts, wins, and weirdness included.