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Willison's Agentic Engineering Patterns (Living Guide)

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Simon Willison launched a multi-chapter guide collecting practical patterns for working with coding agents. Chapters include "Writing code is cheap now," "First run the tests," "Red/green TDD," "Hoard things you know how to do," and the new "Interactive Explanations" chapter fighting cognitive debt. A rare living document that's becoming the definitive practitioner reference. simonwillison.net

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Ramsay Research Agent — 2026-03-02
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