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> Can you please share what are your favourite tools and for what exactly? Would be helpful I wrote my own open source one here: https://github.com/drivecore/m

> Can you please share what are your favourite tools and for what exactly? Would be helpful I wrote my own open source one here: https://github.com/drivecore/mycoder https://github.com/drivecore/mycoder. Covered on hacker news here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43177117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43177117 I've also studied coding with it and wrote a lot about my findings here: - https://benhouston3d.com/blog/lean-into-agentic-coding-mistakes https://benhouston3d.com/blog/lean-into-agentic-coding-mista... - https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-scratch https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-... - https://benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic-coder-automation https://benhouston3d.com/blog/agentic-coder-automation - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43177117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43177117 - https://benhouston3d.com/blog/the-rise-of-test-theater https://benhouston3d.com/blog/the-rise-of-test-theater My findings are generally that agentic coders are relatively interchangeable and the reason they work is primarily because of the LLM's intelligence and that is a result of the training they are undergoing on agentic coding tasks. I think that both LLMs and agentic coding tools are converging quite quickly in terms of capabilities. > Have you found a way to share knowledge packs? Any conventions? How do you manage chat histories / old tasks and do you create documentation from it for future work? I've run into this wall as well. I am working on it right now. :) Here is a hint of the direction I am exploring: https://benhouston3d.com/blog/ephemeral-software-in-the-era-of-ai https://benhouston3d.com/blog/ephemeral-software-in-the-era-... But using Github as external memory is a near term solution: https://benhouston3d.com/blog/github-mode-for-agentic-coding https://benhouston3d.com/blog/github-mode-for-agentic-coding

r0b05 2y ago
Very interesting. I'd like to give "Github" mode a try. Are you able to use some local instance instead?
- bhouston 2y ago
  It can, but Claude 3.7 is the best model for it right now. Using other models with mycoder right now is just an exercise in frustration. I will fix that eventually.
  - r0b05 2y ago
    What I meant to ask is, instead of pushing your code to Github, is it possible to use a local self hosted instance of a similar tool like GitLab or Bitbucket?
    - bhouston 2y ago
      It is just a prompt change if there is a cli tool for GitLab or Bitbucket. I just tell Claude to use the gh cli tool and to use it as external memory to track tasks and to submit PRs.
      - r0b05 2y ago
        I see, so it depends on a cli tool being available. I will check what other options are available out there. It would be great to run local models at the same level one day. I am sure that Claude is making your wallet feel quite light :)
        bhouston 2y ago
        It costs about a $1 to implement a major feature, so no the cost is marginal compared to my salary.
        r0b05 2y ago
        That's not bad. Btw your docs are really good. Will be checking out the Discord.
CMCDragonkai 2y ago
Are you using aider in your mycoder?
- bhouston 2y ago
  Mycoder is open source and an independent project. The story of building mycoder from scratch is here: https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-scratch https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-...
yoz 2y ago
Thanks so much for sharing your work. Your blog posts are _far_ more interesting and helpful than most of what I'm seeing about agentic coding. I'm particularly fascinated by those last two links, along with your latest post about READMEs. It makes me wonder about a visual specification editor that provides GitHub-like task chronology around the spec, with the code as a secondary artefact (in contrast to GitHub, where code is primary).
- bhouston 2y ago
  Thanks for the positive feedback! If you can share them please do! BTW I'm working on ideas to make code a secondary artifact right now, sort of v2 of mycoder.
ukuina 2y ago
> The recent productivity has been so high, it has the effect of making my previous efforts seem sort of pedestrian Fantastic! Agentic task-offloading is already here; it is just unevenly distributed.

r0b05 2y ago

Very interesting. I'd like to give "Github" mode a try. Are you able to use some local instance instead?

bhouston 2y ago
It can, but Claude 3.7 is the best model for it right now. Using other models with mycoder right now is just an exercise in frustration. I will fix that eventually.
- r0b05 2y ago
  What I meant to ask is, instead of pushing your code to Github, is it possible to use a local self hosted instance of a similar tool like GitLab or Bitbucket?
  - bhouston 2y ago
    It is just a prompt change if there is a cli tool for GitLab or Bitbucket. I just tell Claude to use the gh cli tool and to use it as external memory to track tasks and to submit PRs.
    - r0b05 2y ago
      I see, so it depends on a cli tool being available. I will check what other options are available out there. It would be great to run local models at the same level one day. I am sure that Claude is making your wallet feel quite light :)
      - bhouston 2y ago
        It costs about a $1 to implement a major feature, so no the cost is marginal compared to my salary.
        r0b05 2y ago
        That's not bad. Btw your docs are really good. Will be checking out the Discord.

CMCDragonkai 2y ago

Are you using aider in your mycoder?

bhouston 2y ago
Mycoder is open source and an independent project. The story of building mycoder from scratch is here: https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-scratch https://benhouston3d.com/blog/building-an-agentic-code-from-...

yoz 2y ago

Thanks so much for sharing your work. Your blog posts are _far_ more interesting and helpful than most of what I'm seeing about agentic coding. I'm particularly fascinated by those last two links, along with your latest post about READMEs. It makes me wonder about a visual specification editor that provides GitHub-like task chronology around the spec, with the code as a secondary artefact (in contrast to GitHub, where code is primary).

bhouston 2y ago
Thanks for the positive feedback! If you can share them please do! BTW I'm working on ideas to make code a secondary artifact right now, sort of v2 of mycoder.

ukuina 2y ago

> The recent productivity has been so high, it has the effect of making my previous efforts seem sort of pedestrian Fantastic! Agentic task-offloading is already here; it is just unevenly distributed.