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How to build a coding agent

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469 points ghuntley | 1 comments | 24 Aug 25 03:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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prodimmune ◴[24 Aug 25 07:26 UTC] No.45002107[source]▶
For me, the post is missing an explanation of the reason why I would want to build my own coding agent instead of just using one of the publicly available ones.
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ghuntley ◴[24 Aug 25 08:43 UTC] No.45002527[source]▶
Knowing how to build your own agent and what that loop is going to be the new whiteboard coding question in a couple of years. Absolute. It's going to be the same as "Reverse this string", "I've got a linked list, can you reverse it?", or "Here's my graph, can you traverse it?"
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1. prodimmune ◴[24 Aug 25 09:41 UTC] No.45002836[source]▶
I see, thanks. I was wondering earlier if there would be any practical advantage in creating a custom agent, but couldn't think of any. I guess I simply misunderstood the purpose of your post.