Developer Experience @ PicPay

Leo Cavalcante

Personal notes on software engineering, developer experience, Go, PHP, infrastructure, and AI.

Latest The benchmark resets the repository. Your team does not Sep 14, 2026

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· 9 min read · ai, agent, software-engineering

The benchmark resets the repository. Your team does not

Coding agents look more capable when every task starts from a clean checkout. New benchmarks show the cost that appears when patches, decisions, and technical debt carry into the next job.

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· 9 min read · ai, agent, security

Excessive Agency Is a Reliability Bug, Not Only a Security Risk

When an agent is allowed to act too broadly, the risk is not only leakage or abuse. It also becomes hard to operate: it works outside scope, repeats actions, burns budget, and fails without a clean way back.