https://sawyerhood.com/blog Blog posts by Sawyer Hood, Software Engineer en-us https://sawyerhood.com/blog/an-agentic-ide-that-builds-itself https://sawyerhood.com/blog/an-agentic-ide-that-builds-itself bb is an open-source agentic IDE with an extension system that lets every install adapt to its user. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://sawyerhood.com/blog/hired-a-middle-manager https://sawyerhood.com/blog/hired-a-middle-manager I built a persistent manager agent to orchestrate coding workers, handle merge logistics, and keep me out of the context-switching grind. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://sawyerhood.com/blog/closing-the-agent-loop https://sawyerhood.com/blog/closing-the-agent-loop Browser automation is the missing piece for coding agents. Here's how to fix it. Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sawyerhood.com/blog/llm-extension https://sawyerhood.com/blog/llm-extension From ChatGPT Plugins to Agent Skills, a look at how we've been trying (and failing) to extend LLMs for the last three years. Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sawyerhood.com/blog/composer-1-surprise https://sawyerhood.com/blog/composer-1-surprise After months away from Cursor, Composer 1 has me reconsidering my daily driver. Speed beats raw intelligence for most coding tasks. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://sawyerhood.com/blog/rise-of-codex https://sawyerhood.com/blog/rise-of-codex How GPT-5's Codex went from almost unused to 28% of coding agent usage in just one month. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT