AI/LLM Driven Development

An airhacks.fm conversation with Jonathan Ellis (@spyced (twitter.com/spyced)) about:
brokk.ai as a Norse dwarf who forged Thor's hammer,
Java (java.com/en) Swing UI performance advantages over Electron apps,
zb build tool integration,
onboarding experience comparison with Cursor,
architect vs code buttons functionality,
session management in brokk,
build and test tool configuration,
in-memory Java parser development,
JVector (github.com/jbellis/jvector) and embedding models limitations,
agentic search approach using find symbol by wildcard and fetch method tools,
hierarchical embeddings concept,
package-info for AI context,
LLMs as artists needing constraints,
Java's typing system advantages for AI feedback,
architect mode with multiple tool access,
code agent feedback loops,
joern code graph indexing,
Git integration with eclipse.org/jgit,
custom diff format avoiding JSON escaping issues,
tool calling in architect mode,
MCP server development in pure Java - github.com/adamBien/zmcp,
prompt templates for team collaboration,
JBang (github.com/maxandersen/jbang) installation experience,
subscription pricing discussion,
organizational subscriptions for corporate teams,
avoiding context explosion in architect mode,
Gemini Flash (deepmind.google/models/gemini/flash) for summarization,
workspace tools and summaries,
build status feedback to architect,
enterprise-friendly features development

Jonathan Ellis on twitter: @spyced (twitter.com/spyced)