
Matt Lanham
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Matt Lanham
@mattlanham
Founder @geckoengage • Writing about AI, startups, and building tech companies. Coder turned CEO. Based in Scotland.


New Engineering blog: We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C compiler. Then we (mostly) walked away. Two weeks later, it worked on the Linux kernel. Here's what it taught us about the future of autonomous software development. Read more: anthropic.com/engineering/bu…


We're all still fumbling in the dark with agents, but some patterns are emerging (and some disappear quickly again!), and it's our role as software makers to make use of it all along the way. Here are some quick notes from one of those internal sessions sorting it all at 37s.



📣 Open call to agent builders: Let's read agent skills from `.agents/skills`, so people don't have to manage separate folders per agent. Today we pulled the trigger for Codex to read `.agents/skills`. Goal is to deprecate `.codex/skills`. Pls like/tag/RT for momentum.



@airesearch12 💯 @ Spec-driven development It's the limit of imperative -> declarative transition, basically being declarative entirely. Relatedly my mind was recently blown by dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-s… , extreme and early but inspiring example.







2 ways to improve your life if you use an iPhone: 1. Go into "Screen Capture" settings, turn off "Full-Screen Previews" 2. Go into "Safari" settings, change your Tabs from "Compact" to "Bottom" - no more extra tap to see all tabs








