As AI agents accelerate coding, what is the future of software engineering? Some trends are clear, such as the Product Management Bottleneck, referring to the idea that we are more constrained by deciding what to build rather than the actual building. But many implications, like
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GPT-5.4 with OpenClaw: Optimal Performance Settings Analysis
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OpenClaw with GPT-5.4 feels noticeably better with the new update. GPT-5.4 (thinking=high + fastmode=true) seems like the sweet spot. Better judgment, less back-and-forth, still fast enough for daily use. x.com/Saboo_Shubham_…
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Process Reward Agents for Steering Knowledge-Intensive Reasoning
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Process Reward Agents for Steering Knowledge-Intensive Reasoning paper: https://
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Neurosymbolic AI Systems: Claude, AlphaGo, and Beyond
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Claude Code, Alphago/AlphaEvolve/AlphaProof and Google Search, code intepreter are all neurosymbolic. Amazon, and IBM have big efforts, etc. nobody has AGI of course. but some of the best stuff out there is in fact already neurosymbolic.
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Google Cloud Platform Gemini Agent with Persistent Memory
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GitHub Repo: https://t.co/rR3X16YV1b
— Shubham Saboo (@Saboo_Shubham_) 13 avril 2026
Full Demo: pic.twitter.com/oXZhppP2FgGitHub Repo: https://
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Karpathy’s LLM Wiki: Always-On AI Agent with Memory
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Karpathy's LLM Wiki idea. I built it a month ago using Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Google ADK. An Always-on AI agent running 24/7, continuously processing, and connecting information into memory. Same pattern. Just an LLM that reads, thinks, and writes. 100% opensource.
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Why AI Agents Cannot Fix Fundamentally Broken Business Processes
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Why #AIAgents Can't Fix Bad Processes
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Agentic Parenting: How AI Agents Transform Homeschooling and Family Life
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Jesse Genet on Agentic Parenting
— a16z (@a16z) 13 avril 2026
Jesse Genet joins a16z's Sarah Wang and Katherine Boyle to discuss her journey from founder to parent, how she's using agents in her household, and how AI could transform parenting for the better.
00:00 YC founder turned homeschool mom
03:00… pic.twitter.com/OwDDIliomSJesse Genet on Agentic Parenting Jesse Genet joins a16z's Sarah Wang and Katherine Boyle to discuss her journey from founder to parent, how she's using agents in her household, and how AI could transform parenting for the better. 00:00 YC founder turned homeschool mom 03:00 Discovering Claude Code and agentic building 06:00 Building while homeschooling 4 kids under 5 11:00 How AI generates personalized lesson plans and logs progress 18:00 Jesse's 11-agents 27:05 Agent tech stack deep dive 33:56 How agents improve daily life 40:04 Letting kids interact with AI: values, risks, and the future of parenting @jessegenet @KTmBoyle @sarahdingwang
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Microsoft Tests OpenClaw-Style AI Agents for Always-On Copilot
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Microsoft is testing OpenClaw-style AI agents to evolve Microsoft 365 Copilot into an always-on assistant that can autonomously handle tasks like managing emails, calendars, and daily workflows. They literally try everything to make copilot more appealing.
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Language Models Philosophy: How AI Changes Thinking
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new technology requires philosophy here’s how language models have changed how I think about the world: