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Microsoft Developer (Build) · Jun 04, 2026 · Engineering Insights

Your job is no longer to build software faster, but to help your coding agent build software faster by closing the loop.

“it's all about closing the loop”

A Build session argues that traditional software-building practices are becoming obsolete in the agent era, and developers should focus on building tooling that lets coding agents close the loop autonomously (e.g., agents taking their own screenshots to self-verify). The speaker shares lessons from building small tools to support agents on the open-source project 'open claw,' including agent-generated issue/PR volume overwhelming maintainers. A useful workflow-shift signal, though it is a personal-perspective talk rather than a major product or research announcement.

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