theo shares four hands-on ways to use Astra: slop audits, perf wins, and agent DX loops

lucasmeijer · x · 2026-09-05

theo says the newly rolling out coding agent Astra is unbelievably powerful but you have to push it to see the difference.
His hands-on recipes:
Slop audits: have Astra sweep your codebases for useless tests, unnecessary wrappers, etc. — surprisingly effective cleanup.
Performance wins: it can make hard cuts and verify results; give it the tools it needs to verify.
Agent DX & verification loops: the model is surprisingly aware of what it can do — ask it what it needs to verify its own work, and let it suggest improvements to worktree flows, debug access, and end-to-end QA.

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