--- title: Best Read the Tea Leaves posts — December 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Read the Tea Leaves posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of/2025/12 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of/2025/12 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Read the Tea Leaves posts — December 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Read the Tea Leaves posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Read the Tea Leaves — December 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-use-ai-agents-to-write-code-onvlmqy00 "How I use AI agents to write code") Article Read the Tea Leaves · 37w How I use AI agents to write code A developer shares practical strategies for using AI coding agents effectively after transitioning from skepticism to adoption. Key recommendations include creating comprehensive CLAUDE.md files for project context, using automated tests as feedback loops, running separate AI sessions for code review to catch bugs, and leveraging agents for overnight work on side projects. The author acknowledges AI's limitations with UI work and novel projects, describes the shift toward an architect-like role focused on specs and review, but maintains reservations about using AI for open-source contributions due to ownership concerns. 99 3 [See all Read the Tea Leaves archives](/sources/nolanlawson/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of/2025/12#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of/2025/12","name":"Best Read the Tea Leaves Posts — December 2025","description":"The most upvoted Read the Tea Leaves posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of/2025/12#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-use-ai-agents-to-write-code-onvlmqy00","name":"How I use AI agents to write code"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Read the Tea Leaves","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nolanlawson/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"December 2025"}]}]} ```