Getting into Flow State with Agentic Coding

Post by kevindamm » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

williamcotton wrote: post #10

kevindamm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a matter of definition, a flow state is hitting peak performance without attending to the details of your actions, fluidly and without delays, at a task that in any normal situation would be considered complex and difficult. If you know the feeling from performance or from trance-like coding sessions, there's no mapping of that to the use of agents as described in this article. It's not that I don't achieve it,…

I know the feeling from hours long guitar jam sessions. I have definitely gotten there with some recent projects using Claude Code.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 12:15 AM UTC

Post by mrtesthah » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 12:38 AM UTC

qingcharles wrote: post #7

kevindamm wrote: post #3

I disagree that you can reach what I would call a flow state with such a degree of non-participation but I entirely agree that planning first makes execution better, for both humans and agents.

I can't reach flow with agent coding because as soon as I set it running I flip over to something else and come back later. I think this is a problem with the current agents, though. If it responded immediately with its ideas and code then I wouldn't flip away and could stay present.

Post by satisfice » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 12:51 AM UTC

Post by williamcotton » Sun, Jul 27, 2025, 1:11 AM UTC

kevindamm wrote: post #18

williamcotton wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was harassed the last time I shared something, but oh well, here is a work in progress DSL: https://github.com/williamcotton/webpipe And a work in progress article about it: https://williamcotton.com/articles/introducing-web-pipe

I'm just curious, I don't intend to harass anyone. Are you considering including the prompts in the published article?