I'm Jesse. I make stuff. Software, hardware. Very occasionally, trouble.
Note on 24th September 2026
The more time I spend working with coding agents, the more convinced I am that they make software engineering even harder. We can do amazing things with them, but unlocking …
SF: A Birds of a Feather on Agentic Engineering
I'm Jesse. I make stuff. Software, hardware. Very occasionally, trouble.
Coding Agents Are Easy, Actually - Kara's Nonsense
Software engineering is here to stay
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird.
The Personal Software Revolution, Part One
Twenty years of coding, one winter break, and a markdown editor I didn't write. What building a fully agentic codebase taught me about where software is headed.
The Future of Coding Agents
It has been three days since I launched Gas Town! 🔥⛽💥🛢️🔥 Woohoo!
Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%?
Agentic coding tools are dramatically reducing software development costs. Here's why 2026 is going to catch a lot of people off guard.
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
Agentic Coding Things That Didn’t Work
Some of my attempts to make agents work better that just didn’t work.
Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.
Agentultra - Why I Won't Use AI
If you are a programmer in 2025 you have likely been pressured into adopting generative artificial intelligence tools into your workflow. Maybe you have already been ordered to. You have probably wondered if next year will be the year that you will be replaced with an AI. Or maybe in the next five years. Weren’t we supposed to be replaced already?
Computers for agents
Sandboxes aren't enough. Give your agent a real computer and get back to building.
depatchedmode/oughta
How we oughta do things. Skills, conventions, and guidance for coding agents.
My Agentic Coding Setup, July 2026
With the right tools, coding agents can run autonomously, in parallel, and be reachable from anywhere. Here's how I've stitched them together.