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I've stopped hand writing code

And I'm not the only one

This talk is about how I've basically stopped hand writing code, gone all‑in on AI‑native workflows, and what that's done to our velocity and quality.

I explain:

  • How we measure developer velocity (commits, change failure rate, PR/Linear lead times) and how we shipped more in three weeks of February than almost all of September and October while quality improved.
  • The workflow shift: agents handle planning and execution, I focus on review, using tight feedback loops (tests, lint, type checks, logs, browser, MCP).
  • How agent docs and skills encode step‑by‑step playbooks so agents can debug, simplify code, and verify their own work.
  • Parallelization with git worktrees, Conductor, and cloud agents so multiple branches and tasks run in parallel while I just review and make decisions.

Core message: offload the mechanical coding to agents, keep humans on direction, constraints, and review, and you can ship much faster without sacrificing quality.

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