The age of agentic coding
In this article, I describe my personal journey to adopting agents and the lessons I’ve learned — as much for you as they are references for future me. I’ll share examples from my setup on a legacy project and a few bite-sized takeaways if you’re embarking on your own adoption journey. Since early 2026, I have started working almost exclusively via agentic coding1, and that’s in a legacy PHP codebase, which I had previously considered to be untouchable by agents. ...