AI Coding Agents: The Secret's Out (There Is None)
2025-07-05
In 2024, building autonomous coding agents was thought to require clever internal tricks. It turns out all you need is a slightly better base model. Claude Sonnet 3.7 is a frontrunner, excelling not in raw power but in its ability to persist and make good decisions. The barrier to entry for building AI coding agents has plummeted; open-source solutions are excellent, and you can even run a Codex agent for free on GitHub Actions. Competition is fierce; vendors need to focus on distribution and training better models to succeed.
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