AI coding agent setups from 663 Hacker News comments

An analysis of an Ask HN thread from November 4, 2026, in which 424 of 530 commenters named at least one AI tool, found Claude Code leading with 180 users, followed by Codex with 103, while 148 people named open-weight or local models such as DeepSeek, Qwen and GLM. The piece distills nine detailed setups into seven patterns, including running parallel agents in separate git worktrees, fresh-context reviewers on every change, cheap builder models behind strong planners, and sandboxing agents that run without permission prompts. Counts are self-reported and drawn from three readers' notes on every comment, so the article treats them as close rather than exact.