The latest articles on DEV Community by old-school-coder (@old-timer). https://dev.to/old-timer https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1395781%2Ff0ef1b09-97bb-4b61-8ea4-cd0e11a0cf7f.png https://dev.to/old-timer en old-school-coder Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:49:55 +0000 https://dev.to/old-timer/what-is-your-dev-workflow-229a https://dev.to/old-timer/what-is-your-dev-workflow-229a <p>How has your Dev workflow changed given the advent of what I call: <strong>Code Factories</strong> with agent armies churning out code faster than you can keep track of? </p> <p>This was the traditional workflow </p> <ul> <li>Design: App, Schemas, Database, Non-Functional, Common Components</li> <li>Develop: Head down, write code, review, PRs, Local deployments</li> <li>Test: Unit/Integration</li> <li>Deploy: See it fly, and get into Ops mode</li> </ul> <p>I find Claude Code, and Coding agents are over-eager to write code. I usually take a step back, and design in Claude Desktop/ChatGPT: so that I know what the agents are going to build.</p> ai productivity programming claude