What is wrong with the current coding agent workflow
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Hi, as the LLM models are getting smarter in coding tasks, we will soon be using agents as co workers, as current tools like github copilot and cursor are not optimized for team collaboration, we began building PhantomX, please give your feedback, if you think we are in the right direction or what should be changed for finding the optimized development workflow which works for both humans and agents.
HN · launched Jan 13, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 50%) · 0 views
Niche: ai coding agents · 470 launches, 22 in the last 7 days ▼ -48% · Explore this niche →
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- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Building an autonomous multi-agent coding platform optimized for real-time team collaboration requires complex coordination protocols, distributed workspace state synchronization, and sophisticated agent orchestration.
What it would actually take: A production version requires a robust microVM or container orchestration backend (e.g., Firecracker or Fly Machines) to run isolated agent execution environments. It needs an operational transformation/CRDT engine for real-time multiplayer code editing alongside agents, language server protocol (LSP) integrations, and complex multi-agent orchestration frameworks with context window pruning. This requires deep systems programming, distributed systems expertise, and senior developer-tooling experience.
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Competitors
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Launched 72 days after the earliest competitor.
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