Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko is a big fan of agentic coding
The rise of agentic coding tools has been a sea change for software engineers across the industry — but for Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko, it seems to have landed particularly hard. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Yakovenko said he’s become increasingly comfortable taking a backseat in software development tasks. “AI has been a great force multiplier for somebody who’s an expert,” said Yakovenko, describing his experience with agentic coding after more than fifteen years developing software. “Now I can just watch Claude churning through its thing and I can almost smell when it’s going off the rails.” “If people are in a meeting with me and I’m not paying attention,” he continued, “it’s because I’m watching Claude.” Co-founder of the Solana…
