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AI coding agent guides and deep dives
How an autonomous AI coding agent plans, edits, tests, and opens pull requests you review. Practical writing on AI software development, code review, and shipping with confidence.
Jun 28, 2026 · 10 min read
AI coding agent: what it is and how it works
An AI coding agent is software that turns a described task into a reviewed pull request: it plans, edits your codebase, runs your tests, and hands you a diff to approve.
By Maya Cohen, Engineering
Jun 26, 2026 · 11 min read
Best AI coding tools in 2026: a buyers guide
A practical 2026 guide to the categories of AI coding tools, their honest tradeoffs, and where a PR-native autonomous agent fits among them.
By Daniel Ortiz, Developer Relations
Jun 24, 2026 · 9 min read
AI and software development: the describe, review, merge workflow
How AI changes the development workflow without taking humans out of the loop: you describe the task, the agent ships a PR, CI is the gate, and you merge.
By Priya Nair, Platform Engineering
Jun 22, 2026 · 10 min read
Artificial intelligence and software engineering: strengths and limits
A grounded look at what AI does well in software engineering, where it falls short, and why the review-first discipline is what makes it dependable.
By Tomas Eklund, Staff Engineer
Jun 20, 2026 · 9 min read
Review an AI pull request: a step-by-step guide
A practical, ordered checklist for reviewing a pull request an agent opened: read the plan, scan the diff, verify the tests, catch scope creep, run locally, merge.
By Hannah Brooks, Engineering
Jun 18, 2026 · 9 min read
AI pair programming vs autonomous coding agents
Pair-programming assistants work alongside you in the editor; autonomous agents work asynchronously and ship pull requests. Here is when to reach for each.
By Marcus Lee, Developer Experience
See the agent ship a pull request
Describe a task and watch the agent plan, edit, run tests, and open a PR for your review.