Joshua Valdez

Hi, I'm Josh. I'm a software engineer, skier and photographer.

I'm currently building Swarm, an AI IDE.

Previously, I built Uber's load testing system, Hailstorm. I was an engineering manager at Gem. And most recently I was cofounder of Engines, building a repo setup agent.

This blog is a collection of my notes on software engineering, startups and AI coding:

• 12 Sep, 2025 Stop reading, start doing
• 19 Aug, 2025 The unbearable slowness of AI coding
• 05 Aug, 2025 On building trust
• 05 Aug, 2025 Engineering is writing
• 05 Aug, 2025 Future of coding agents
• 05 Aug, 2025 Principles for vibe coding
• 21 Mar, 2025 1 week with Claude Code
• 04 Mar, 2025 On getting startup ideas
• 20 Feb, 2025 Dev tools for agents
• 19 Feb, 2025 Why I'm starting a blog

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