AzadEST. 2026

The Azad Journal

Notes from the multiplayer era.

Dispatches on building software with teams of humans and agents — from the people making Azad.

Manifesto

Why the IDE had to become multiplayer

The conversation about the code and the code itself have lived in different rooms since the beginning. When agents joined the team, the walls stopped making sense. On the thinking behind Azad — and why chat, editor and agents belong on one surface.

№ 001 — The Azad team · 12 min read

Vintage CRT terminal with glowing code
Vintage control levers

№ 002 Engineering

Steerability is a feature, not a setting

What it takes to pause, redirect and take over an agent run mid-flight — without losing the work already done.

The Azad team · 8 min read

Magnifying glass over printed logs

№ 003 Engineering

Observability for agents that write code

Every run leaves a full trace: what the agent read, wrote and decided. How we made agent work inspectable by the whole team.

The Azad team · 10 min read

Sheet of vintage postage stamps

№ 004 Product

Bring your own subscription

Azad orchestrates multiple coding-agent harnesses under your own keys and plans. On not locking you into anyone's engine — including ours.

The Azad team · 6 min read

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