The best IDE for agentic AI may not be an IDE at all

Steve Yegge is not the shy and retiring type, so when he wants recommendations on how others are managing 10 to 20 (or more) coding agents, he posts the question on X . Specifically, he’s looking for an IDE because “I use Emacs, and I wouldn’t wish it on you.” The replies (600 and counting) offer plenty of alternatives: Herdr, cmux, Conductor, the Claude and Codex desktop apps, and an impressive assortment of homemade software. For anyone hoping the industry had settled on a sensible way to work