The Open Source AI Coding Revolution - Fundamentals and Challenges of Coding Agents

Watch a 28-minute conference talk exploring the practical applications and technical foundations of coding agents, delivered by CMU Computer Science Professor and All Hands AI Chief Scientist Graham Neubig. Dive into the potential capabilities of properly implemented coding agents, their current strengths, and the challenges faced in their deployment. Learn about critical aspects including file localization, file editing, planning, error recovery, and developing "good taste" in code generation. Experience live demonstrations of the OpenHands toolkit, an open-source project with 31,000 GitHub stars and 180 contributors, showcasing practical examples of these concepts in action. Gain insights into the future of AI-assisted coding and understand both the promises and limitations of current coding agent technologies.