Little by little I’m emancipating myself from tech dead weight.

Agentic software development defined a new workflow, new tooling and, why not?, new hardware setups.

Starting this month I’m retiring my 32 inch 4K monitor I used in so many software development projects. Have a split window in the IDE was a strong operational need. Now, it isn’t. The agent is “looking” at code for me, and if it sees something odd, it would report to me.

I can then look at that code using either gedit or GNOME Text Editor. One file at a time maximized on the screen of my 15 inch notebook.

My speed is reduced, so is my anxiety by working this way.

I have all text size increased in my notebook, even on the terminal. A small screen with big font sizes. What a joy and relief.

I see some people dropping their notebooks altogether for software development. They are using nothing more then their phones. They speak to an agent installed on server A that will develop code and then issue a PR in return. That PR will pop-up back on the same phone. Once approved, the agent on server A would deploy it to server B or infra C.

This is a completely new ball game and, to my understanding, a more relaxed one.

I’ve been adopting new tools and processes on average a month after they are jointly proposed (or envisioned) by the community. I found it to be the right time so that things can be polished by visionaries before I, an average dev guy, can easily follow steps and implement to myself.

Back to the monitor and wrapping this up. I’m feeling good without it. It was a ball and chain locking me inside my SOHO cubicle. But now I’m free. I can work anywhere I want like those lifestyle devs in Instagram LOL. What a great time to be alive.