Thorsten Ball publishes long-form guide on how he works with coding agents
vivekhaldar · x · 2026-10-26
Thorsten Ball (Amp) has published "How I work with Agents," consolidating advice he'd been sending friends in DMs, as of October 2026. His core stance: always use the latest and greatest models—anything else is potentially a waste of time, because when a model is wrong 10% of the time you can't know which 10%, leading to costly rework. Vivek Haldar amplified it as the piece he's been recommending to everyone.
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