Tuesday, February 17, 2026

AI Agentic Development: Gas Town, Beads

Beads and Gas Town are experimental tools developed by software engineer and industry veteran Steve Yegge to pioneer agentic software development. They represent a shift from single-agent coding assistance toward managing "fleets" of AI agents, with a focus on solving the persistent memory and coordination challenges that arise when multiple AI agents collaborate on complex, long-running software projects.


  

 Gas Town, Beads, and the Rise of Agentic Development with Steve Yegge - Software Engineering Daily

"AI-assisted programming has moved far beyond autocomplete. Large language models are now capable of editing entire codebases, coordinating long-running tasks, and collaborating across multiple systems. As these capabilities mature, the core challenge in software development is shifting away from writing code and toward orchestrating work, managing context, and maintaining shared understanding across fleets of agents.

Steve Yegge is a software engineer, writer, and industry veteran whose essays have shaped how many developers think about their work. Over the past year, Steve has been exploring the frontier of agentic software development, building tools like Beads and Gas Town to experiment with multi-agent coordination, shared memory, and AI-driven software workflows."



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