Everything, All at Once
By the end of this post, you'll learn how I work faster with coding agents and run more work in parallel. Development looks very different form a year ago. I can't remember the last time I wrote a line of code myself. Over time, I've built workflows and systems that let me trust agents with much more of the development process. I was also fortunate to start working on a large greenfield project…
I've been using coding agents to speed up my development process and run multiple tasks simultaneously. Development has changed a lot in the past year, and I no longer write code myself. Instead, I've developed workflows and systems that allow me to trust agents with more of the development process. When working on a single feature, like building a login feature, I ask my agent to write a technical specification, breaking it down into verifiable phases, and tagging phases that can be worked on in parallel.
I store the spec and plan in a temporary directory in my codebase for later reference. This approach has increased my productivity and confidence in the agent's work. When working on multiple features simultaneously, I use Git worktrees to create separate branches checked out and worked on at the same time, allowing multiple agents to work on different features independently.
I create a worktree for each feature, implement the plan, and run subagents for parallel work. This method has improved my workflow and allowed me to ship more code faster.
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