State of Agentic Coding

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

Hosted by Armin Ronacher & Ben Vinegar

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Recording episode 9 of State of Agentic Coding

Episode 009 · 01:24:44

How much autonomy is too much?

Agent intrusions and new security holes, what “review this PR” really means, the shifting Overton window on autonomy, not knowing what you’re buying, free tokens as money, and the revenge of the terminal.

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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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