Sunday, June 7, 2026
Our third Agentic Coding Building the State of the Art (BSOTA) event was a night of lightning demos:
- A coding workflow where the planner, the implementer, and the auditor are separate models, and a task is only done when all three agree
- A builder made his own harness after realizing Claude Code kept him closer to the loop than he wanted
- A tool that traces how a PR actually came together, and a personal life OS run from the command line
The full video is on YouTube now, and if you've been curious what other builders' setups actually look like, it's a good place to start: watch BSOTA #3.
The next BSOTA meetup is this Tuesday at The Commons. If you're working on something you'd like to show, I'd love for you to submit a demo.
One more note: no Builders Night tomorrow. It's my birthday, and I'm taking the night off to celebrate. See you Tuesday.
- Lee
Coming up at Rally
Claude Code Demos: Building the State of the Art
2026-06-09 · 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Most builders using Claude Code, Cursor, or custom agents are still figuring out workflows alone—this session gets you in a room with others doing the same work. You'll see live walkthroughs of actual setups and spend the rest of the night comparing notes with people solving similar problems.
Builders Night
2026-06-15 · 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Builders bring a project and work in focused silence alongside others doing the same. You'll get 90 minutes of deep work time, then a structured share-back where people show progress, get unstuck, and offer real help.
Around SF this week
Monday, Jun 8, 4:30 PM - 6 PM
Anthropic's head of design in an hour-long chat at South Park Commons. Registration needs host approval, so request a spot early.
Monday, Jun 8, 5:30 PM - 8 PM
Kathy Wang, Press Club co-founder and ex-Dropbox designer, on metaprompting and rapid prototyping. Talk at 6, mingle at 7.
Wednesday, Jun 10, 10 AM - 6 PM
The Cursor team takes over a North Beach cafe with drop-in coffee and co-working tables. Bring a charged laptop; attendees get Cursor credits.
Wednesday, Jun 10, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Dinner and papers with Kalpit Dixit, ex-AWS Bedrock, on agents with structured access to two million research papers. Short talks, long Q&A.
Wednesday, Jun 10, 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM
A full-day build on model routing, evals, and cost-aware tooling at the AWS Builder Loft. Demos and judging at night.
Thursday, Jun 11, 3 PM - 5 PM
The Lean Startup author on governance for AI companies, in a fireside with SOSV's Po Bronson. Free with registration.
Thursday, Jun 11, 6 PM - 8:30 PM
Artificial Analysis found coding agent cost per task varies by more than 30x, presented with guests from Cursor and Cognition. Panel at 7:30.
Friday, Jun 12, 5 PM - 8:30 PM
A World Cup watch party crossed with a tech mixer, hosted by Rootly AI, Twingate, MongoDB, and Thine. Space is limited.
Saturday, Jun 13, 9 AM - 7:30 PM
A one-day hackathon on patient agency in healthcare, sponsored by xAI, Vercel, and Cursor, with over $10k in prizes. Demos at 6.