I Stopped Coding and Started Architecting Agents (And You Should Too)
Stop coding and start architecting! In this video, we explore the shift from manual coding with AI as a simple "autocomplete" to professional software engineering using agentic AI. Learn how to move beyond basic AI code generation and implement harness engineering to ensure high-quality, sustainable software development. Whether you are using GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, or Cursor, simply prompting for snippets isn't enough. We dive into the future of programming where developers act as architects, using Claude Code agents and advanced AI programming workflows to improve even the most difficult legacy codebases. In this video, you will learn: What is Vibe Coding? Why relying solely on "vibes" and autocomplete can be a distraction, and how to transition to structured modern software engineering. Harness Engineering 101: How to build a custom AI harness using guides (feed-forward advice) and sensors (feedback loops) to constrain agents to your team's specific standards. The Engineering Flywheel: Strategies for using artificial intelligence to make your code design get better over time rather than decaying. Human vs AI: How to maintain control and ownership of your codebase while leveraging technology to automate tedious tasks. Claude Code Tips: Best practices for managing your CLAUDE.md (or similar agent instructions) to keep your AI context efficient and effective. - 🚨 WEBINAR AVAILABLE SOON - 🧠 OUR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING TRAINING COURSES: https://courses.cd.training/ - Emily on X ➡️ https://x.com/emilybache Emily on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilybache/ Emily on bluesky ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/emilybache.com Emily on YouTube ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/@EmilyBache-tech-coach Modern Software Engineering on X ➡️ https://x.com/ModernSoftwareX Modern Software Engineering on LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/company/modern-software-engineering Modern Software Engineering on bluesky ➡️ https://bsky.app/profile/modernswe.bsky.social - ⭐ PATREON: Support Emily on Patreon here ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/EmilyBache Join the Continuous Delivery community and access extra perks & content! ➡️ https://bit.ly/ContinuousDeliveryPatreon 🎥 Join Us On TikTok ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@modern.s.engineering - CHANNEL SPONSORS: Octopus Deploy sets the standard for Continuous Delivery (CD), empowering software teams to deliver value in an agile way. Globally, more than 4,000 organizations rely on its Continuous Delivery, GitOps, and release orchestration solutions to deliver swift value to their customers. Octopus efficiently orchestrates software delivery across multi-cloud, Kubernetes, data centers, and hybrid environments, whether containerized modern apps or heritage applications. With governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) at its core, Octopus supports Platform Engineering teams in their mission to provide a superior developer experience (DevEx). Octopus also actively contributes to the developer community with open-source projects. ➡️ https://bit.ly/MSExOCTDEP Equal Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0 TransFICC provides low-latency connectivity, automated trading workflows and e-trading systems for Fixed Income and Derivatives. TransFICC resolves the issue of market fragmentation by providing banks and asset managers with a unified low-latency, robust and scalable API, which provides connectivity to multiple trading venues while supporting numerous complex workflows across asset classes such as Rates and Credit Bonds, Repos, Mortgage-Backed Securities and Interest Rate Swaps ➡️ https://transficc.com - #ai #agenticai #artificialintelligence #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment #programming