Code research projects with async coding agents like Claude Code and Codex
It’s pretty easy to get started trying out this coding agent research pattern. Create a free GitHub repository (public or private) and let some agents loose on it and see what happens.
You can run agents locally but I find the asynchronous agents to be more convenient—especially as I can run them (or trigger them from my phone) without any fear of them damaging my own machine or leaking any of my private data.

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Code research projects with async coding agents like Claude Code and Codex
I’ve been experimenting with a pattern for LLM usage recently that’s working out really well: asynchronous code research tasks. Pick a research question, spin up an asynchronous coding agent and …
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