xAI co-founder says 9 in 10 engineers no longer write code
Jimmy Ba says engineers each run 10 to 20 agent loops and xAI ships about 10x faster, though coordination failures by week three are a common problem.
xAI's co-founder just admitted 9 in 10 of his engineers no longer write code They run agent loops instead. Each engineer keeps 10 to 20 agents running to handle their own routine. Jimmy Ba, co-founder of xAI and GrokBot, said this on stage. The claim underneath: this one shift is why xAI ships roughly 10x faster than a year ago. He shows the setup and the productivity number. What he doesn't show is how 20 agents stay coordinated past week three. Everyone who has tried this knows the failure mode. First week, agents write great code. Second week, they start contradicting each other. Third week, half the outputs need to be redone by hand. The missing piece is memory. Shared, structured, and written well. Without it, a fleet of agents is just noise at scale. The article below has the 12-step system for building that memory into your own setup. It exists because we tried the shortcut and watched it break on week three, same as everyone else. Watch the 20 minutes for the sales pitch. Read the 12 steps for the part that actually works.
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