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CODING AGENTS IN FEB 2026

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Summary from the TLDR newsletter

Different coding agents are good at different tasks - the best way to decide which to use is to choose based on time and whether it needs to run autonomously or collaboratively. Model performance and speed is governed both by the pure performance of the model and also how well it can manage multiple context windows and delegate to sub-agents or teams of agents. This article discusses several coding agents and how best to use each of them. Ideas, architecture, and project sequencing are becoming the limiting factors for building great products.