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.
Within Guides
AI Coding Agents
Platform Engineering
Safer database migrations with coding agents
Database migrations with coding agents need staged schema changes, compatibility tests, rollback evidence, and human approval without hiding operational risk.
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Infrastructure
Safer infrastructure as code changes with agents
Infrastructure as code changes need plan evidence, policy checks, and controlled application. Learn how coding agents can prepare reviewable cloud changes.
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How to write an AGENTS.md file
Write an AGENTS.md file with verified commands, clear scope boundaries, and useful completion checks. Test the instructions on a small task before expanding them.
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Guides
Agent readiness: fix the repos slowing your rollout
Use agent readiness to find the repositories blocking an AI rollout, prioritize fixes, and measure progress with Factory’s reports and dashboard.
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Guides
Token efficiency starts with smaller tool results
Improve token efficiency by controlling tool output, search scope, and repeated context. Use Factory’s existing measurement and harness resources to test the result.
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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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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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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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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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Reliability
Queue consumer safety in agent-generated code
Queue consumer safety in agent-generated code depends on idempotent effects, correct acknowledgments, bounded retries, and tests for duplicate delivery.
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Release Engineering
Backporting production fixes with coding agents
Coding agent backports need explicit release branches, preserved intent, and version-specific tests. Learn how to prepare reviewable fixes without widening scope.
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