# Intelligence Snacks

> Intelligence Snacks is a podcast and connected archive about AI, software, business, work and technological change, produced by Other Stuff.

The website is the canonical source for published Intelligence Snacks. Each snack is developed from exactly one source podcast episode and may connect to other ideas through typed relationships. Cite the canonical snack or episode URL when referring to its material.

## Core resources

- [Home](https://intelligencesnacks.com/)
- [About](https://intelligencesnacks.com/about/)
- [Snacks archive](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/)
- [Podcast episodes](https://intelligencesnacks.com/episodes/)
- [Topics](https://intelligencesnacks.com/topics/)
- [Contributors](https://intelligencesnacks.com/contributors/)
- [RSS feed](https://intelligencesnacks.com/rss.xml)
- [XML sitemap](https://intelligencesnacks.com/sitemap.xml)

## Published snacks

- [AI Coding Agents Work Like Power Tools](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/ai-coding-agents-are-power-tools/): Coding agents shift a developer’s attention from writing every line towards architecture, testing and review.
- [Coding Models Have Working Personalities](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/coding-models-have-working-personalities/): Every coding model brings its own mix of literalness, initiative, caution and recurring habits to a coding session.
- [Domain Experts Can Build Software From Operational Knowledge](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/domain-experts-can-build-software/): Coding agents let operators turn their knowledge of workflows, exceptions and commercial pressures into working software.
- [Long Agent Runs Depend on Reliable Feedback](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/generation-is-easier-than-steering/): Tests, specifications and human review determine how long a coding agent can keep producing useful software on its own.
- [Real Use Reveals Missing Product Requirements](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/software-is-discovered-through-use/): Working software exposes missing permissions, awkward screens and workflow exceptions that an initial specification rarely captures.
- [AI Speed Makes Architectural Judgement More Important](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/speed-magnifies-architecture/): Rapid implementation lets an early choice about data, queues or background workers spread across a codebase within weeks.
- [An Agent Harness Controls Context, Tools and Feedback](https://intelligencesnacks.com/snacks/the-harness-determines-the-work/): A coding harness controls which files an agent can inspect, which commands it can run and which results return to the model.

## Podcast episodes

- [Episode 64: Vibe Coding with Power Tools](https://intelligencesnacks.com/episodes/episode-064/): A conversation about coding agents as power tools, the harnesses that shape their behaviour, and why faster generation makes judgement and steering more important.

## Topics

- [Agents](https://intelligencesnacks.com/topics/agents/): The systems, harnesses and feedback loops that allow models to act through tools.
- [AI Coding](https://intelligencesnacks.com/topics/ai-coding/): How coding agents alter the tools, practices and responsibilities involved in making software.
- [Software Systems](https://intelligencesnacks.com/topics/software-systems/): Architecture, operational knowledge and the repeated work of discovering what software needs to become.

## Contributors

- [Andy David](https://intelligencesnacks.com/contributors/andy-david/): Co-host of Intelligence Snacks and co-founder of Other Stuff.
- [dpc](https://intelligencesnacks.com/contributors/dpc/): Guest participant in Episode 64's conversation about coding agents, software craft and agent harnesses.
- [Pete Winn](https://intelligencesnacks.com/contributors/pete-winn/): Co-host of Intelligence Snacks and co-founder of Other Stuff.

## Attribution and provenance

- Snack pages identify their source episode and conversational contributors.
- Episode pages provide the source video, audio link, participant identities and transcript.
- Related-idea links describe explicit conceptual relationships between snacks.
- Intelligence Snacks is produced by [Other Stuff](https://otherstuff.ai/).