Bundles
Full setups from known builders. What do the people actually shipping with agents use day to day? 6 stacks tracked.
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Stacks
Karpathy Three-Tier Coding Stack
Andrej Karpathy @karpathy
Three-layer strategy: Cursor for autocomplete and small edits, Claude Code/Codex for larger functional blocks and prototyping, GPT-5 Pro for hardest bugs. Went from 80% manual to 80% agent coding in one month. Coined 'vibe coding.'
2025-12 · X thread: 'A few random notes from claude coding quite a bit'
swyx Research-First Agent Stack
swyx (Shawn Wang) @swyx
Claude Code for agentic coding, Firecrawl for deep web research. Latent Space podcast (top 3 AI podcast, 30-50th overall US Tech) features Claude Code team. Research-first approach: scrape, analyze, then build.
2026-01 · Latent Space podcast + Scaling without Slop essay
McKay Wrigley Shipping Stack
McKay Wrigley @mckaywrigley
Claude Code as primary agentic coding tool ('best AI coding tool in the world'). Ships full-stack apps with Cursor for autocomplete and Claude Code for agentic terminal sessions.
2026-02 · X post: 'CLAUDE CODE — Claude Code + Opus 4.5 is the best AI coding tool in the world'
Simon Willison Terminal Agents Stack
Simon Willison @simonw
Uses Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI as 'terminal agents' for async code research. Fires off 2-3 research projects daily, checks back 10 minutes later. Coined the term 'terminal agents' for this category.
2025-06 · X post: 'Claude Code, OpenAI Codex (CLI) and now Gemini CLI — we need a name for this category'
Levelsio Server-First Coding Stack
Pieter Levels @levelsio
SSH into a cheap VPS, install Claude Code, and 'raw dog dev on the server.' No IDE, no Git push/pull — Claude codes directly on production. Switched between Claude Code and Codex CLI depending on quality. Coined 'vibecoding on steroids.'
2025-08 · X thread: 'HOW TO RAW DOG DEV ON THE SERVER'
Yam Peleg CLI Agents Field Report
Yam Peleg @Yampeleg
Used Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI as daily drivers for one week covering coding, research, sysadmin, and automation. Claude Code has the best CLI, Codex is best for 'fire and forget' coding tasks, Gemini has the best web search.
2025-12 · X post: 'CLI Agents | Week 1 Field Report: Claude Code vs Codex-max vs Gemini 3'