Shipping Software at Inference Speed with AI Agents

found this must-read article by @steipete from just a few weeks ago. he breaks down his AI coding approach after months of shipping non stop with agents. > Codex may be 4x slower per task than Claude Code but it’s faster overall since you don’t have to fix the fix. > he barely reads code anymore, instead he understands the system architecture and component layout. the important decisions are about choosing languages, ecosystems, and dependencies, not writing code. > start everything as CLI. anything he builds begins as CLI. it’s easier to debug and code for the agents. > commits straight to main. almost never uses branches/worktrees, also no issue trackers. > maintains a docs/ folder per project and a global AGENTS. MD that gives the model enough context. he designs codebases to be understood by agents, not humans. https://steipete.me/posts/2025/shipping-…