Why coding agents fail: limited context and no memory
Case for giving agents monorepo-wide visibility and autonomy
Pitch for Nx and Polygraph as agent harnesses
Key quotes
“The catch: he can only see a tiny corner of it, and he forgets everything between interactions.”
“This is what coding agents are today. We need to fix it.”
Transcript
Imagine a genie grants your wish and materializes the best engineer in the world, John Carmack in his prime, to work on your codebase. The catch: he can only see a tiny corner of it, and he forgets everything between interactions. No matter how good he is, the value isn’t there. This is what coding agents are today. We need to fix it. Speakers: - Victor Savkin (Nx): Victor is the creator of Nx, the agentic monorepo platform, and Polygraph, the meta-harness for maximum agent autonomy, with 20+ years building high-performance frameworks and build tools. X/Twitter: https://x.com/victorsavkin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorsavkin/ GitHub: https://github.com/vsavkin
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