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Software Engineering in the Agentic Era

L4 · DeveloperTutorials & GuidesHacker News· 8/23/2026

Provides systematic patterns and practices for developers leveraging autonomous coding agents, moving beyond basic prompts.

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Simon Willison launches a project to document Agentic Engineering Patterns for building software with coding agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.

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