Seats and Sunsets — Steve Yegge

kept by eddie sep 16

Steve Yegge describes his AI software factory's fuel crisis, oscillation problems, and the seat abstraction as a way to build trust and cut token costs.

Seats and Sunsets — Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge explains that AI orchestrator fuel costs stem from distrust, showing how seats cache trust to cut token usage and avoid over‑fencing.
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AI Is Making Us Build Too Much
AI’s near‑zero cost to generate code, tests, docs, and policies removes the friction that once forced teams to question each artefact’s necessity, leading to over‑engineered systems whose upkeep outweighs value.
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The Complete Flywheel Guide - Planning, Beads & Agent Swarms
The Agent Flywheel methodology consists of exhaustive planning using frontier models, converting plans into beads, and launching agent swarms for rapid code generation.
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Welcome to Gas Town. Happy New Year, and Welcome to Gas… | by Steve Yegge | Jan, 2026
Steve Yegge built Gas Town, a Kubernetes-like orchestrator that runs 20-30 Claude Code agents simultaneously for high-throughput vibe coding and automation.
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The Pulse: What can we learn from Bun’s rapid Rust rewrite with AI? - The Pragmatic Engineer
Bun’s Zig-to-Rust rewrite was completed in 11 days using 64 AI agents, costing $165K, showing AI can accelerate large migrations when a solid test suite and expert oversight exist.
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