Agentic Coding: Workflow Over Tools

The AI coding tool landscape is changing fast, but the underlying models share the same strengths and limitations. I ran a lunch-and-learn focused on building the mental model that makes you effective regardless of which tool you’re using — how to structure problems for an LLM, why planning before execution matters more than ever, and why clarity is now your most valuable engineering skill. We tested it by building a working app live in under 30 minutes.

January 31, 2026 · 12 min · Richard Nichols