Episode notes
In this episode of AI Tinkerers One-Shot, Joe sits down with Steve Yegge—engineer and creator of the Beads framework—to explore how open source tools are transforming the way we build with AI. Steve shares the story behind Beads, a new framework that gives coding agents memory and task management, enabling them to work longer, smarter, and more autonomously. From his days at Amazon and Google to leading engineering at Sourcegraph, Steve reveals how Beads is already reshaping developer workflows and why it’s gaining hundreds of contributors in just weeks.
What you’ll learn:
- How Beads gives coding agents “session memory” and lets them manage complex, multi-step projects.
- Why Steve believes the future of engineering is about guiding and supervising AI—rather than just writing code.
- The evolution from chaotic ...
Keywords
Autonomous AIAI developmentDeveloper toolsCoding AgentsBeads Frameworkmultimodal promptingCode Review AutomationEngineering Productivity