Hand-written coverage of the tools reshaping how software gets built — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, and the fast-moving Chinese and open-source wave. No hype, no allegiance.
Every serious coding agent, ranked by a public formula — pricing, release cadence, community vibe. Current top 5:
New to the space or just trying to keep up? Three ways in.
Vendor-neutral rundowns of every major coding agent — what each is actually good at.
Head-to-head breakdowns across capability, price, and workflow fit.
The signal from releases, changelogs, and the open-source wave — hand-curated.
The mid-2026 coding-agent landscape, grouped for orientation. Deep-dive pages are on the way.