State of Agentic Coding

A monthly field report from the fast-moving edge of AI software development.



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Recording episode 11 of State of Agentic Coding

Episode 011 · 01:36:30 · with guest Geoff Huntley

What comes after handwritten code?

Geoff Huntley, creator of the Ralph Wiggum loop, joins Armin and Ben to discuss what comes after handwritten code — and whether token economics, developer habits, and actual user demand can keep up.

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011What comes after handwritten code?With Geoff Huntley · Ralph, Lisp & black-box agents01:36:30
010Vibe versus craftWatermarking, model loyalty & GitHub under siege01:41:46
009How much autonomy is too much?Agent intrusions, free tokens & the terminal01:24:44
008Fable, RL, loops, and the cost of computeWith Mario Zechner · Vienna01:20:53
007The one-year anniversaryTokens, slop forks & open weights01:34:31
006The beginning of the end of subsidiesSecurity, token spend & data moats01:38:22
005Time to slow down?Quality, security & token substance abuse01:38:48
004Are you going exponential?New models, vibe projects & slop forks40:33
003Have we become AI-pilled?Personal agents, OpenClaw & gates59:01
002The new models are good, actuallyPricing, context handoffs & meta-programming51:44
001The December editionWhere the monthly conversation began49:05

About the show AI talk without the psychosis

State of Agentic Coding is a recurring conversation about how coding agents are changing the practice – and economics – of making software.

Armin Ronacher

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Armin Ronacher

Creator of Flask, Jinja, Werkzeug, Click, and Rye, Armin has spent two decades shaping how developers build for the web. A prolific open-source author and writer on software design and AI-assisted development, he is now founder of Earendil.

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