https://www.hatch.org/categories/software-development/ Recent content in Software Development on Steve Hatch's Blog Hugo en-us Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hatch.org/2026/01/30/i-stopped-writing-code-and-started-building-software/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hatch.org/2026/01/30/i-stopped-writing-code-and-started-building-software/ <p><img src="https://www.hatch.org/images/i-stopped-writing-code-and-started-building-software.png" alt="I Stopped Writing Code and Started Building Software: The Agentic Coding Revolution"></p> <p>Here&rsquo;s what nobody tells you about AI coding assistants: you&rsquo;re still coding the old way.</p> <p>Quick roadmap:</p> <ul> <li>Why &ldquo;copilot mode&rdquo; is already obsolete</li> <li>Two real projects built with agentic coding (native iOS app + retro game)</li> <li>The three shifts that separate traditional coding from agentic development</li> <li>How AI collaborates on architecture and PRDs using plan mode</li> <li>What actually happens when AI owns the implementation layer</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="the-uncomfortable-truth-about-copilot-mode">The Uncomfortable Truth About Copilot Mode</h2> <p>For the past two years, we&rsquo;ve been using AI wrong. GitHub Copilot autocompletes your code. ChatGPT writes functions you copy-paste. Claude suggests implementations you review line by line.</p>