"The real problem wasn’t messy code. It was that no one on the team could explain why design decisions had been made or how different parts of the system were supposed to work together. The theory of the system had evaporated." New #Radar article by @addyosmani.bsky.social: bit.ly/41tTNSh
@addyosmani.bsky.social's multi agent experience agrees with my own, going from 2 to 5 parallel agents is a quick way to transform from a judge to a ticket usher.
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Old loop
open files ➡️ edit ➡️ build ➡️ debug
New loop
specify intent ➡️ delegate ➡️ observe ➡️ review diffs
A copy of “Web Performance Engineering in the Age of AI” by Addy Osmani placed on a light wooden surface, showing the cover with a greyhound illustration and a clean, minimalist design.
An open book showing Chapter 3 titled “AI-Generated Code and the Performance Paradox,” with printed text discussing how AI-generated code can be functional but not always optimized for performance.
An open book showing Chapter 12 titled “Web Performance Case Studies and Success Stories,” with text describing real-world examples of performance optimization and business impact.
Software is evolving fast.
My focus hasn’t changed: helping teams improve performance, UX, and conversion
AI generates working code faster than ever… but not optimized for performance
That’s where we add value: from “it works” to “it’s excellent”
Reading @addyosmani.bsky.social’s new book
Thanks for the support and I hope it's a good read!
Book cover - web performance in the ages of ai With a greyhound on it
Started reading a new book on web performance and ai by @addyosmani.bsky.social
Illustration by Steve Yeggae
"The levels of AI adoption" - Orchestration requires a different skillset.
I spoke about orchestrating coding agents at O'Reilly AI CodeCon this week - here's the full free write-up + slides on what makes multi-agent coding works:
addyosmani.com/blog/code-ag...
Illustration by Steve Yeggae
The factory is a really good mental model to understand the direction of software engineering right now. I am pretty excited about it.
Good article by @addyosmani.bsky.social
addyosmani.com/blog/factory...
I finally got around to read this, and oh boy. This is beautifully explained 😍. Thank you @addyosmani.bsky.social 🙏
addyo.substack.com/p/how-modern...
How Agent orchestration is replacing the editor as the center of developer work - @addyosmani.bsky.social
addyo.substack.com/p/death-of-t...
Death of the IDE? How Agent orchestration may be replacing the editor as the center of developer work.
open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/... ✍️ my latest write-up
Thank you!
We talk about the speed AI coding tools give us. We don't talk enough about the hidden cost: Comprehension Debt.
addyosmani.com/blog/compreh... ✍ I cover my thoughts on this in a new write-up.
Cohosted by @timoreilly.bsky.social and @addyosmani.bsky.social, AI Codecon on March 26 is focused on exploring what it takes to build excellent software in the age of AI that creates value for all participants. Register to save your free spot: bit.ly/4bDKyEH
Announcing Gemini 3.1 Pro! Google's smarter model for your most complex tasks just shipped 🚀 A few web demos:
Thanks for the kind words!
AI users are working longer because, for the first time, our tools can finally keep pace with our imagination.
When output is cheap, your greatest leverage isn't how much you build, but the taste to know what is worth building - and the rest required to see the difference.
Thanks for reading! I'm so interested to see how fast (and how much) that 80%+ is going to get to 90% for real-world apps.
Liked this observation from Addy Osmani:
“Abstractions don’t remove complexity. They move it to the day you’re on call.”
addyosmani.com/blog/21-less...
An absolute pleasure. Thanks for tuning in!
Happy to hear you enjoyed it so far! More to come!
I'm super happy to hear that resonated!
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Excited to share my new YouTube series on Software Engineering Effectiveness!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcK...
"Critical thinking in the age of AI": addyo.substack.com/p/critical-t... ~ my latest write-up on the importance of retaining critical thinking skills during these times ✍️
Why does "vibe coding" usually not lead to anything productive? A great person to answer is @addyosmani.bsky.social: working on Chrome for 10+ years, and is the author of the book Beyond Vibe Coding.
Watch or listen:
• YouTube: youtu.be/dHIppEqwi0g
• Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/12dW...
