My experience creating software with LLM coding agents - Part 2 (Tips)
My experience creating software with LLM coding agents - Part 2 This post details my experiences creating software with LLM coding agents, emphasizing that what you do with AI agents is ‘creation’, not just 'coding,' and sharing what worked for me. This is not 'The One True Path To AI Success.' tl;dr: I’m not a professional developer, just a hobbyist with aspirations I wanted to accomplish a coding project beyond my skill level and have been experimenting with agentic coding tools for several months (spoiler: mostly success) You should use Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model for complex coding tasks. Experiment with various agents and models; be adaptable as the field evolves quickly. I prefer Claude Code and Roo Code at this time. If you are a heavy user, you should use pay-as-you go pricing; TANSTAAFL. If you are a light user, use your favorite free or “comes-with-my-monthly-subscription” chatbot and whatever model it comes with. I expand on what “light” means later b...