Coding assistants

Effective workflows

https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/development-environment/#ai-powered-development

And coding agents:

https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2026/agentic-coding/

build wide, ship narrow

https://adapt.com/blog/build-wide-ship-narrow

”mini waterfall”

https://blog.lmorchard.com/2025/06/07/semi-automatic-coding/

For each session

• plan (plan.md)
• execute
• consolidate (notes.md)

Cost optimization

https://claude.com/blog/maximizing-the-value-of-your-claude-code-sessions

• cache expiration
• /clear
• /compact
• /rewind
• changing /model and /effort

Configuration

To format and lint produced code

https://benword.com/how-to-make-claude-code-automatically-format-and-lint-files

Tools

Cambrian explosion, it’s not just GH Copilot:

https://github.com/sourcegraph/awesome-code-ai

Self-hosted

https://github.com/TabbyML/tabby

Internals

Lifecycle of code completions

https://sourcegraph.com/blog/the-lifecycle-of-a-code-ai-completion

Pros and cons

https://addyo.substack.com/p/the-70-problem-hard-truths-about

Effective use of LLMs / coding assistants

https://www.shayon.dev/post/2025/164/pitfalls-of-premature-closure-with-llm-assisted-coding/#menial-tasks-where-ai-excels