I don't know how the author uses AI coding tools, but all agents I've been using recently (Codex and Claude Code) do planning and exploration before writing cod

I don't know how the author uses AI coding tools, but all agents I've been using recently (Codex and Claude Code) do planning and exploration before writing code. I don't even know how it would work the other way around. I do see different behavior whether planning or exploration comes first though.