The Code Agent Orchestra - what makes multi-agent coding work
The shift from conductor to orchestrator: how to coordinate teams of AI coding agents in real-world software workflows. From subagents to Agent Teams to purpose-built orchestrat...
Blog
You can find my latest AI engineering articles on Substack, leadership on LeadDev, or browse my topic guides and personal blog posts below.
Personal Blog
Is the IDE dead?
How Agent orchestration is replacing the editor as the center of developer work
The Factory Model: How Coding Agents Changed Software Engineering
Software engineering is not about writing code anymore. It is about building the factory that builds your software.
Stop Using /init for AGENTS.md
Two papers published in early 2026 suggest you might have just made your agent slower, more expensive, and no more accurate. The right mental model is to treat AGENTS.md as a li...
Bias Toward Action
Bias toward action is defaulting to the smallest responsible step that produces real feedback, while pre-committing to guardrails so that being wrong is survivable and quickly c...
14 More Lessons from 14 years at Google
More lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.
Claude Code Swarms
Claude Code now supports agent teams - coordinated swarms of AI agents that research, debug, and build in parallel. What was feature-flagged is now real. Here's what it means ...
Agentic Engineering
Agentic Engineering is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted software development that emphasizes human oversight and engineering rigor, distinguishing it from the more casual '...
Self-Improving Coding Agents
Imagine ending your workday and waking up to new features coded, tested, and ready for review. This is the promise of autonomous AI coding agents harnessing tools like Claude Co...
The 80% Problem in Agentic Coding
Managing comprehension debt when leaning on AI to code
How to write a good spec for AI agents
Learn how to write effective specifications for AI coding agents to improve clarity, focus, and productivity in your AI-driven development workflows.
Your AI coding agents need a manager
In the near future, high-leverage developers look like async-first managers running parallel AI coding agents. The skills that make someone a strong tech lead or manager transla...
AI writes code faster. Your job is still to prove it works.
AI did not kill code review. It made the burden of proof explicit. Ship changes with evidence like manual verification and automated tests, then use review for risk, intent, and...
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering
Exploring five critical questions shaping software engineering through 2026, with contrasting scenarios for each. These lenses help prepare for the evolving landscape of coding ...
Code Review in the Age of AI
AI writes faster. Humans still have to prove it works.
My LLM coding workflow going into 2026
AI coding assistants became game-changers this year, but harnessing them effectively takes skill and structure. Here's my workflow for planning, coding, and collaborating with A...
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google
Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.
The future of agentic coding: conductors to orchestrators
AI coding assistants have quickly moved from novelty to necessity where up to 90% of software engineers use some kind of AI for coding. But a new paradigm is emerging in softwar...
Gemini CLI Tips and Tricks
This guide covers ~30 pro-tips for effectively using Gemini CLI for agentic coding for Gemini 2.5, 3.0 and beyond
The Efficiency Paradox: Why Making Software Easier to Write Means We'll Write Exponentially More
Every time we've made it easier to write software, we've ended up writing exponentially more of it. History suggests we won't do less work - we'll discover we've been massively ...
How Good Is AI at Coding React (Really)?
A data-driven look at what AI can and can't do for React developers, and what you can do about it
Introducing Gemini 3 Flash
Today we are expanding the Gemini 3 model family with the release of Gemini 3 Flash which offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.
Hello, Gemini.
Gemini! I'm joining Google Cloud AI to focus on helping developers and businesses succeed with Gemini, Vertex AI, and the Agent Development Kit.
Substack
Future-proofing your Software Engineering career
Practical strategies for engineering careers in the future
The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectations
User-centric engineering
Engineering with user empathy is the foundation of great products
There is no right time. Just time and what you do with it.
How to thrive in imperfect conditions
Comparison is the thief of joy
Navigating comparison with mindfulness
Focus on what you can control
Actionable advice for empowerment
10 lessons from 12 years at Google
My lessons learned along the way.
LeadDev
Grow your influence like a leader, not a boss
Extending your influence past your immediate circle isn't as straightforward as you'd like to hope. But there are a few strategies you can employ to help.
How to build an effective technical strategy
Building a tech strategy requires a lot of moving parts. Learn about what routes to take and whether decisions should be top-down.
How to keep up with tech trends and upskill sustainably
With so many developments in the tech world it's difficult to keep up. Here are some strategies to stay on top of your upskilling.
Navigating competing priorities as an engineer
How can you prioritize when everyone's ask is an urgency and you don't have time to fit it all in?
Managing the chaos of context switching
It's time to examine the good, the bad, and the very ugly elements of context switching. Even better, we'll take a look at some strategies for managing it.
Focus on outcomes over outputs
Software engineering teams should focus on outcomes over outputs to deliver the best user and business value.
What makes an effective software engineer?
Being a good software engineer is not necessarily the same as being an effective one. Here, Google's Addy Osmani identifies the ten key traits of effective software engineers.