The big companies I’m talking to (e.g. banks) tell me they are still struggling with AI in software development. They see promising but inconsistent results, non-replicability across teams, ballooning costs, internal cultural pushback, etc.
Steve YeggeIndependent; builds and runs Wheelhouse, a solo multi-agent software factory (2026) · Executive, 
Steve Yegge (independent)
Post: The Counting House, Medium (Steve Yegge), October 27, 2026.
Steve Yegge, Independent; builds and runs Wheelhouse, a solo multi-agent software factory (2026). Describes his own system and spending first-hand; his claims about other companies are relayed from conversations and unverified. Self-reported figures.
Steve Yegge (independent) sells AI or agent tools or services, so it has a reason to publish flattering numbers about AI. The passage stays in the archive; read it with that in mind.
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The Medium page is bot-blocked, so I used the RSS feed copy of 'The Counting House'. It reads: 'The big companies I’m talking to (e.g. banks) tell me they are still struggling with AI in software development. They see promising but inconsistent results, non-replicability across teams, ballooning costs, internal cultural pushback, etc.' Exact match, curly apostrophe included.
Steve Yegge (Steve Yegge (independent)), “The Counting House”, Medium (Steve Yegge), 2026-10-27. https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-counting-house-steve-yegge-83f5145cc35b Archived at https://the-ai-record.com/passages/steve-yegge-big-companies-banks-still-struggling-ai-2026
There is structure: doctrine and policy, human gates, and just fourteen mechanical “fences” (programmatic denials). But my agents are first-class colleagues. They work under my own identity, signing their own names to the work, and they can see the whole system and act independently. It is YOLO mode scaled up to the size of a small company.
Steve YeggeIndependent; builds and runs Wheelhouse, a solo multi-agent software factory (2026) · Executive, Steve Yegge (independent)
Post: The Counting House, Medium (Steve Yegge), October 27, 2026, at Wheelhouse Recap.
Wheelhouse is far more sophisticated, and is now doubtless one of the top solo software factories on the planet, comfortably producing 2000–4000 commits a week on a light multi-machine setup. Its agents work around the clock: building, reviewing, deploying game features, negotiating on Slack with my game admins, interacting on Discord with players, exchanging emails with my accountant and my lawyers.
Steve YeggeIndependent; builds and runs Wheelhouse, a solo multi-agent software factory (2026) · Executive, Steve Yegge (independent)
Post: The Counting House, Medium (Steve Yegge), October 27, 2026, at Wheelhouse Recap.
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