The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source The move faster manifesto (News)
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Jan 5, 2026 Brian Guthrie shares seven rules to accelerate software development. Discover Continuous-Claude-v2, a context management system, and Steve Yegge's multi-agent orchestrator, Gas Town. Paul Dix predicts a major engineering divergence in 2026, which could boost productivity. Meanwhile, Mattias Geniar celebrates the resurgence of fun in web development, thanks to AI easing repetitive tasks and sparking creativity. Tune in for insights on how innovation is shaping the future of tech!
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Seven Rules To Move Faster
- Do adopt Brian Guthrie's seven rules to move faster: fast matters, measurable, good, everyone's responsibility, courage, busy≠fast, change or die.
- Apply these rules as team principles to prioritize speed alongside quality and visibility.
Ledger Over Compaction
- Save full state to a ledger instead of progressively compacting conversation context to avoid lossy summaries.
- Wipe context and resume fresh so agents operate from precise state, not degraded summaries.
Gastown's Agent City
- Steve Yegge's Gastown turns agent orchestration 'up to 11' with mailboxes, identities, and structured handoffs.
- Gastown persists work on hooks and beads so agents survive restarts and scale to dozens.