Simon Willison 2/27/2026

An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail

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The article details a coding skeptic's experiment with AI agents, starting with simple tasks and escalating to an ambitious project to port Python's scikit-learn library to Rust. It explores the frustration and amazement at the rapid advancement of models like Opus and Codex, which can handle complex coding projects that would take months manually.

An AI agent coding skeptic tries AI agent coding, in excessive detail

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