Notes on agentic programming

2025 apparently was the 'year of agents'. After spending a fair share of the year programming with LLMs both for my personal side-projects and at work, I wanted to reflect on my impressions. Those impressions are based on using Cursor with various models (at work), Gemini CLI (personal projects), and Codex CLI (personal projects). Observation 1: Agents are doing waterfall The latest agents are…