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FrontierCode benchmark by Cognition highlights the challenge of coding tasks with the best model, Opus 4.8, scoring only about 13% on the hardest subset, indicating coding is less solved than benchmarks suggest. The trend toward using loops as a control metaphor for coding agents is prominent, with emphasis on clear goals, verification, and iteration, though some experts caution about overreliance on loops. Agent ergonomics are improving with observability dashboards, sandbox environments, and workflow tools from ClaudeDevs, MagicPath, LangSmith, and Modal. Kimi by Moonshot released major updates including a stronger coding agent and a desktop agent product supporting up to 300 local sub-agents. Google advanced efficient local deployment with upgrades to Gemma 4 checkpoints.