Ben Recht 2/6/2026

Secrets of Intelligence Services

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The article explores the nature and mechanics of AI coding agents, arguing they are a democratizing force in computing despite being oversold with hype. The author details a practical experiment where they instructed Claude Code to build a minimalist coding agent, revealing the core feedback loop between a simple software agent and a complex LLM that enables code generation through basic file and shell operations.

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