Notes on Apr 23, 2026

Today’s observations:

• The Amp team is gradually rolling out updates. First a “new view” of the thread webpage, then I noticed the sidebar on this page is also changing quitely. Core member Thorsten Ball called it “truly a peek behind the curtain.” The new view looks like how the Codex app shows chat histories, which makes me wonder whether they’ll release a desktop app too.
• I’m brainstorming my own coding agent. Using an agent thread, I investigated how to build a prototype with AI SDK, explored server-client architecture patterns, and looked at how open-source agents like OpenCode and Pi handle harnesses like AGENTS.md and skills. The original goal is to build a toy agent letting me play with Kimi K2.6. Curious to see where this goes.

Amp's "new view"