Changelog & Friends A new direction for AI developer tooling
Oct 10, 2025
José Valim, the mastermind behind the Elixir programming language, discusses his latest venture, Tidewave—a browser-integrated coding agent for full-stack development. He delves into how Tidewave enhances coding by integrating deeply with web frameworks, enabling efficient feature translations across them. Valim shares insights on rapid prototyping with a 'YOLO mode' and how Tidewave's unique tools improve testing and verification. He also critiques traditional coding constraints and envisions a future where agents revolutionize developer tooling.
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Run Agents In Your Local Browser
- TideWave runs a coding agent in your local browser tightly integrated with web frameworks to coordinate UI, templates, and verification loops.
- Running the agent against the live dev session enables direct interaction and reliable feature validation.
Restart Chats Instead Of Patching Failures
- When an agent produces imperfect code, start a fresh chat with clear constraints rather than repeatedly editing the same failing conversation.
- Discard noisy context, add brief explicit instructions, and try again to avoid compounding errors.
Weekend YOLO Prototyping
- José used agents to prototype multiple weekend proofs-of-concept by letting TideWave run and iterating as results appeared.
- This YOLO approach let him validate ideas rapidly without committing full development time.