Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Coding agents can take on longer-running tasks when developers give them clear goals they can verify. In this episode of _Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes,_ Ofer Mendelevitch, head of developer relations at BAND, demonstrates that progression with a Python package version resolver, comparing step-by-step prompting, loop engineering, and multi-agent collaboration.
Ofer shows how an agent can inspect code, write and run tests, fix issues, and verify packaging without waiting for a new prompt at every step. He then adds a reviewer agent to examine the implementation, provide feedback, and run adversarial checks, and discusses how specialized agents could handle areas such as security, compliance, and testing. The episode also looks at where human judgment remains part of the workflow, particularly when a task involves product decisions.
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Coding agents can take on longer-running tasks when developers give them clear goals they can verify. In this episode of _Zero to Agent in 30 Minutes,_ Ofer Mendelevitch, head of developer relations at BAND, demonstrates that progression with a Python package version resolver, comparing step-by-step prompting, loop engineering, and multi-agent collaboration.
Ofer shows how an agent can inspect code, write and run tests, fix issues, and verify packaging without waiting for a new prompt at every step. He then adds a reviewer agent to examine the implementation, provide feedback, and run adversarial checks, and discusses how specialized agents could handle areas such as security, compliance, and testing. The episode also looks at where human judgment remains part of the workflow, particularly when a task involves product decisions.
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