The Pulse #149: New trend: programming by kicking off parallel AI agents
Also: the ACP protocol, AI security tooling, comparing interview experiences across 8 tech companies, and more
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Today, we cover:
New trend: programming by kicking off parallel AI agents. More devs are experimenting with kicking off coding agents in parallel
ACP protocol. A new protocol built by the Zed team, which tries to make it easier to build AI tooling for IDEs than the MCP protocol allows
AI security tooling works surprisingly well? AI-powered security tools seem good at identifying security flaws in mature open source projects
Is AI the only engine of US economic growth? Forty percent of US GDP this year is based on AI-related spend, while 60% of venture capital goes into AI. Hopefully, it won’t end up as a bubble which bursts like in 2001
Comparing interviews at 8 large tech companies. Puneet Patwari applied to 8 major tech companies, and received 6 offers. He compares his interview experiences at Meta, Amazon, Uber, and 5 other workplaces