What Thomas Ptacek thinks about coding agents
Security engineer; founder of Matasano Security and Latacora.
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2 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Ptacek has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI can't say enough how excellent a coding agent is at customizing Chrome with extensions. A huge productivity win. Every plugin interface you've ever blown off is now trivially usable.
- 15 months earlier
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Their wordsThe code in an agent that actually “does stuff” with code is not, itself, AI. This should reassure you. It’s surprisingly simple systems code, wired to ground truth about programming in the same way a Makefile is.