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Key Reading from Q1 2025 - Agents and Vibe Coding

Key Reading from Q1 2025 - Agents and Vibe Coding
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Here's what I noticed this quarter. I am massively behind these last few months due to business at work. Need to do some fast learning and catch up. The big things right now are Agents and Vibe Coding, particularly using AI tools that just take prompts to create code. More on these in upcoming posts.

Auren looks especially interesting to me in the field of mental health.

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