It feels good to get back to some of the fun stuff.

The comments here can double as a place for GPT-5.4 reactions, in addition to my Twitter thread. I hope to get that review out soon.

Almost all of this will be a summary of agentic coding developments, after a note.

Table of Contents

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Outline:

(00:29) The Virtue of Silence (Unrelated Update)

(02:32) Agentic Coding Offers Mundane Utility

(08:27) Agentic Coding Doesnt Offer Mundane Utility

(09:17) Huh, Upgrades

(11:31) Our Price Cheap

(13:36) Quickly, Theres No Time

(21:08) A Particular Set Of Skills

(21:48) Next Level Coding

(22:54) Dual Wielding

(23:49) They Took Our Jobs

(24:28) You Need To Relax Sometimes

(27:05) Levels of Friction

(28:30) Danger, Will Robinson

(30:22) Snagged By The Claw

(34:20) The Meta Clause

(36:50) If They Wanted To

(37:55) The Famous Mister Claw

(39:14) Claw Your Way To The Top

(40:58) Claw Your Way Out

(44:05) A Chinese Claw

(46:46) Hackathon

(47:15) Introducing Agent Teams

(52:40) Cowork Is A Gateway Drug

(53:34) Dangerously Evade Permissions

(54:32) Skilling Up

(55:53) Modern Working

(56:22) Measuring Autonomy

(58:25) I Dont Even See The Code

(01:01:53) Scratchpads Are Magic

(01:04:11) Its Coming

(01:08:22) The Grep Tax

(01:09:54) Beware Claude Mania

(01:10:36) The Lighter Side

(01:12:05) In Other Agent News

(01:12:13) The Lighter Side

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First published:
March 9th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rNes65r9TKegdLowb/claude-code-claude-cowork-and-codex-5

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Images from the article:

“Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Codex #5” by Zvi