Patterns for AI-Assisted Development

The tooling for AI-assisted development is moving fast. Coding assistants ship new features every week, each with their own spin on agents, planning mode, and various levels of customization. It’s a lot to keep up with, and most of the discourse focuses on the tools themselves. I think that’s the wrong level to optimize at. The tools will keep changing. What’s more durable are the patterns and knowing which level of AI assistance to reach for based on the size and ambiguity of the task in front of you. ...

March 21, 2026 · 8 min · Jason Robert