AI-NATIVE ENGINEERING
2025 · multi-agent orchestration
nine agents, four codebases,
one product.
A university faculty app serving 10,000+ daily users — backend, dashboard, and mobile app — shipped in two weeks.
built before codex and claude shipped similar capabilities
problem
Give 9 AI agents access to everything. They overwrite each other and drift apart. More agents, more noise. No ownership means constant conflicts across codebases.
architecture
Each agent owns its codebase. A shared documentation layer is the only coordination surface. Scoped read/write access per agent. API contracts and specs keep them in sync without touching each other's code.
outcome
9 agents, 4 codebases, zero conflicts. Agents ship autonomously within their domain. You review the result, not every session.
9agents orchestrated
4codebases coordinated
2wksto ship
10k+daily users
0cross-repo conflicts
detailed writeup on substack