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State of Agentic Coding

Armin Ronacher and Ben Vinegar

Armin & Ben discuss the state of AI coding tools.

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  • 7 episodes
  • monthly
  • Avg 1 hr 19 min
  • English

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  • S1 · E9
    August 17 · 1 hr 24 min

    State of Agentic Coding #9

    Agent autonomy, provider lock-in, and what coding agents actually cost once the subscription stops hiding it. Plus the terminal's comeback and the incentives behind free tokens.

  • S1 · E8
    July 13 · 1 hr 20 min

    State of Agentic Coding #8

    Recorded in Vienna, Ben and Armin sit down with Mario Zechner to vibe-check Fable and GLM-5.2, unpack how RL and agent harnesses normalize model jank, and ask whether newer models are quietly getting worse. They also debate agent loops, trust and ROI, the rising cost of tokens and compute, and how to stay sane amid AI FOMO.

  • S1 · E7
    June 12 · 1 hr 34 min

    State of Agentic Coding #7

    Ben and Armin mark one year of coding with agents, asking what has actually changed in real developer workflows — from terminal-based agents and prompt loops to the end of cheap token subsidies.

  • S1 · E6
    May 11 · 1 hr 38 min

    State of Agentic Coding #6

    What happens when AI coding stops being subsidized? Ben and Armin dig into rising compute costs, security slop, acquisition strategy, GitHub cracks, and why coding traces may be the most valuable asset in the stack.

  • #5
    April 10 · 1 hr 38 min

    State of Agentic Coding #5

    Armin and Ben discuss the death of the IDE, the growing software quality problem, AI-discovered vulnerabilities, slowing down, and more.

  • March 12 · 40 min

    State of Agentic Coding #4

    Armin and Ben discuss agentic sandboxes, the "old new models" (Opus 4.6 and ChatGPT Codex 5.3), vibe side projects, and slop forks.

  • S1 · E3
    February 16 · 59 min

    State of Agentic Coding #3

    Armin and Ben revisit their January predictions, discuss Openclaw as a personal coding assistant, and cover a range of topics including Opus 4.6 fast mode, LLMs building complex projects like browsers and compilers, the unhealthy state of the industry, and more.

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