The agent-native software factory
Guides on building, governing, and scaling an agent-native software factory, plus write-ups of the podcasts and talks behind the ideas.
AI Coding Agents
Maintenance
Removing stale feature flags with coding agents
Feature flag cleanup requires proof that a flag is stale. Coding agents can remove the obsolete branch and evaluation call while testing the permanent behavior.
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Developer Tools
API client generation with coding agents
API client generation with coding agents should start from a reviewed contract, use a pinned generator, and validate compatibility before updating consumers.
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Enterprise AI
EU AI deployment beyond the regional endpoint
EU AI deployment requires separate decisions about session content, inference, identity, and control-plane ownership. Compare regional Factory hosting with Factory Private.
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Performance
Performance regression review with coding agents
Review application performance after coding agent changes with stable baselines, workload-specific budgets, and reproducible evidence before merge.
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Security
Container image hardening with coding agents
Container image hardening with coding agents works best when the task fixes a measured image risk, preserves reproducibility, and produces evidence for review.
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Platform Engineering
Reproducible environments for coding agents
Reproducible environments for coding agents make failures diagnosable and results comparable. Pin tools, preserve commands, isolate changes, and capture evidence.
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Guides
How to use Kimi K2 in Factory
Select Kimi K2.5 in Factory while it remains available, check its deprecated status and credit multiplier, and configure reasoning for scoped coding tasks.
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Testing
Test impact analysis for coding agent changes
Test impact analysis helps coding agents select fast checks without missing affected behavior. Learn how to combine dependency data with risk-based validation.
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Observability
Coding agent observability that reviewers can verify
Coding agent observability work needs stable signal names, bounded cardinality, and behavioral evidence. Learn how to review instrumentation changes.
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Testing
Test fixture maintenance with coding agents
Test fixture maintenance with coding agents can remove hidden dependencies, reduce setup cost, and preserve the behavior each test proves.
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Reliability
Retry safety for agent-generated application code
Retry safety review for agent-generated code verifies idempotency, retry ownership, backoff, time limits, and evidence from failure-path tests.
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Compliance
SOC 2 for AI coding tools: evidence to request
SOC 2 for AI coding tools requires a review of report scope, operating period, data flows, and customer controls. Evaluate evidence instead of relying on a badge.
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