Top AI Trends From 100 Interviews | AI Briefings: nWave

Dave farley interviews the creators of nWave, an open-source AI development system built on top of Claude, exploring how it structures AI-assisted software development through a multi-agent approach. The system uses 'behavioral engineering' — defining agents with specific roles, personalities, and bounded responsibilities — to guide developers through the full software development lifecycle in small iterative steps. Key themes include the importance of problem understanding over code generation, why vibe coding falls short for complex systems, and how principles like hexagonal architecture, TDD, and acceptance test-driven development are baked into nWave's agent design. The conversation emphasizes that AI changes the mechanics of coding but reinforces the fundamentals: understanding the problem space, iterating incrementally, and maintaining observability.