Agentic Development Environments Need More Than an Editor

AI coding agents need more than files and autocomplete. They need an agentic development environment with runtime context, tests, platform primitives, and a path to production.

April 21, 2026 · 6 min · 1145 words · Samy Fodil

Dev/Prod Parity Is Back Because Coding Agents Believe Local Environments

Dev/prod parity is an old discipline with a new reason to matter: coding agents believe the environment they are given.

April 17, 2026 · 5 min · 934 words · Samy Fodil

Why Coding Agents Need a Production Harness, Not Just a Better Model

AI coding agents can write useful code, but production work still needs a harness: context, tests, runtime constraints, deployment safety, and clear ownership.

April 15, 2026 · 6 min · 1191 words · Samy Fodil