How my workflow changed once agents write the code: I plan and write specs, a fleet of Claude instances does the typing, and reviewing and merging stay with me.
Walter Gugenberger
Software engineer since 2014. Austrian, in Washington DC, at Scale AI. I write about what I built and what broke.
Work
Marquis
In production since May 2026An AI-native media intelligence platform run entirely through conversation. Built by one engineer for a PR firm. It watches coverage around the clock, decides what is about the client, and delivers briefs to Slack.
Writing
A note of thanks on America's 250th, for every opportunity and for everyone who paid for this freedom.
Why I default to soft deletes: customers get an undo button, and an AI agent that goes rogue in your system can only ever do reversible damage.
My wife's PR firm tracked media coverage in a spreadsheet. I asked if they wanted something better. Two months later, Marquis went live.
I built a media intelligence platform for a small PR firm over two months. About three-quarters of it got written on my phone.