Steve Thomas

Really proud of our support for @Ecologi_hq at Coding Labs. Every time a client invoice is paid via @Xero, our back office software automatically buys more trees. 1,139 and counting! ecologi.com/codinglabs

@jeffrey_way I don’t think I’ve written a line of code this year which is a near 100% conversion from 2025… I’m also not reading code for my side quests, but I disagree we stop reviewing code anytime soon. More likely is QA processes evolve, possibly assisted by a new abstraction layer

Folks don’t want to hear this, but my guess is, in a year, you won’t look at the code your agent writes at all. Doing so would be both beyond your ability and pointless.

@chrisrickard Ah that makes a lot more sense! Only 200? 😂 I’ve actually been thinking of userdoc lately as an interesting guardrails / domain logic / abstraction container. Is doc to code + doc to issue tracker + code to doc the main focus areas?

@steve_coding Hey Steve, this wasn’t coding agents, it was 200 parallel agents reverse engineering a large codebase into documentation. Doing some refactoring of Userdoc’s code-to-docs feature which requires some enormous (and expensive) benchmark comparisons

perhaps i'm running too many agents?

I should clarify this is home state of Victoria - to my knowledge QLD is not considering this

Please never consider this QLD. As an employer I’m all for negotiating flexible wfh arrangements, but I don’t need the State Govt to mandate which business hours I can spend in person with my team. The quote really nails it: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/w…

@PeterJThomson @claudeai @openclaw @laravelphp @aarondfrancis Subscription can be solved using Process and claude -p, not sure if that could be hacked together as a custom provider or if it’s a bridge too far for sdk / prism.

@PeterJThomson @claudeai @openclaw @laravelphp @aarondfrancis I’ve built a small openclaw inspired node js app and now adding a slim native Mac OS app to bridge into apple data. Have had multiple moments where I think this would be way easier in Laravel. Key problems: - use Claude subscription instead of API key - slack socket mode

Anyone done a "Hey @claudeai make @openclaw in @laravelphp using the new AI SDK. Make no mistakes." ?? If no-one else has, I can do it and report back. But I have a feeling @aarondfrancis LifeOS is already this, and Laravel Cloud already has OpenClaw hosting so having it in php might add much, but none of us have turned it into a SaaS yet.

Inertia Form Builder Define forms as js objects in Laravel Inertia vue.js apps. - full reactivity - grids and sections - supports precognition - use any component that has a v-model codinglabsau.github.io/inertia-form-b…

Shipped a couple of bucket list items DX this year - Gooey A vue.js component library that has all the Shadcn-vue components plus a couple of bonus components. - supports tailwind 3 & 4 - UI components as a dependency, patched from upstream - themes codinglabsau.github.io/gooey/

My favourite thing about Claude code is when it says “oops I pushed to the wrong branch and now there are conflicts” and it just patches things up in 20 seconds… compared to me spending 4 hours making line by line fixes and inevitably just nuking the whole thing

@dvassallo I’ve setup my 8 year old with Claude and Roblox Studio MCP and he has published a game with a bunch of detailed functionality. It makes perfect sense for him to converse in natural language; his generation will never have to deal with code (by necessity) the way I did.

I’m now convinced the best way to teach kids (8+) coding is to install Cursor on a laptop and inviting them to prompt whatever they want into existsnce. This will quickly reveal if they find computers fascinating, and if they do, the code learning part will follow automatically.

I caved to the hype train and gave @openclaw a try - almost threw in the towel when WhatsApp refused to authenticate, but eventually got slack up and running. NGL it was non trivial to get started but I’m pretty excited to see what I can automate with expansive OS-level access

Early numbers are in… 294 contributions to GitHub in the first 3 weeks of 2026, compared to 1,368 for all of 2025. At this rate, I’m going to 4x or 5x last years contributions 🤯 It’s hard to describe how satisfying it is to finally be able to implement most of my ideas, fast

it'd be rude not to get to 100% for the week... 40 hours LFG

I added a new feature and found a bug. I asked Claude to solve it, and after a few back-and-forths, Claude resolved it by removing the feature instead of fixing the bug.

@simonhamp As for how this works in a world of agents, perhaps the spec can also expose tools to agents for headless mode

@simonhamp I think in an ideal world, all browsers fully support PWAs, and it becomes the gold standard. - JavaScript APIs can do all the important native stuff (afaik) - one responsive app in conventional web tech works everywhere and can feel like a native app if you want it to

If you've been thinking "we don't need an app" or "a PWA will do", think again Apps are the future. As AI model performance improves and size and cost decreases, everyday users will increasingly be using their phones (via voice and text) to get their work done Apps are the ❤️

@marcelpociot @joelgrus I’d go as far as to say that in most cases in the future, I will skip building a Laravel API altogether, and go straight to mcp server. Btw I’m happy to be proved wrong on mcp!

@marcelpociot @joelgrus I use a linear skill that calls Linear mcp, falling back to a ts library, and eventually to API calls. The mcp lacks some tools like retrieving initiatives, but the fallback kicks in seamlessly. To me this all feels sensible 🤷‍♂️ - mcp belongs on the frontline

last night I went to a tech meetup and got in an argument on this topic with a guy who was super pro-MCP. (I think he worked at some large bank (not sure which one) and they used MCP to check their changes obeyed some massive set of internal compliance rules)

@christophrumpel I think we are prone to vastly underestimating how long it takes for things to progress outside the X bubble. We (developers) are on the crest of the wave. I think the disruption is going to be profound across the entire economy, but most people are still blissfully ignorant

It seems like AI goes in waves... 🌊 AI is set to change everything and impact jobs. 🌊 After a year, there hasn't been much change—people are talking more than creating real value. 🌊 But this time feels different; AI is really here!