An Agentic IDE That Builds Itself
bb is an open-source agentic IDE with an extension system that lets every install adapt to its user.
Sawyer Hood's Blog
Blog posts by Sawyer Hood, Software Engineer
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I Was Tired of Juggling My Agents, So I Hired a Middle Manager
I built a persistent manager agent to orchestrate coding workers, handle merge logistics, and keep me out of the context-switching grind.
Closing the Agent Loop
Browser automation is the missing piece for coding agents. Here's how to fix it.
The Bitter Lesson of LLM Extensions
From ChatGPT Plugins to Agent Skills, a look at how we've been trying (and failing) to extend LLMs for the last three years.
Cursor's Composer Model Surprised Me
After months away from Cursor, Composer 1 has me reconsidering my daily driver. Speed beats raw intelligence for most coding tasks.
The Rise of Codex
How GPT-5's Codex went from almost unused to 28% of coding agent usage in just one month.