Plan mode is dead
Summary
Ayman Nadeem argues that plan mode is dead in AI-era software development. He discusses Nuanced, a desktop coding app built to test whether formal planning artifacts help or hinder progress as AI-generated code accelerates. The piece argues that planning should be integrated into an iterative loop (understand → act → inspect → clarify → adjust → act again) rather than a separate plan document, and reflects on why previous approaches failed and what this means for future human-AI collaboration.