Question 1

What are the best alternatives to old-coder?

Accepted Answer

maggy, three-man-team, supercov. Each one is a human-reviewed alternative to old-coder — Uncle Bob's strategy as a skill: the agent writes a SPEC you approve, then runs a gauntlet — tests, mutation, property-based, coverage, supply chain — and hands you an evidence report instead of code.

Question 2

Is maggy a good alternative to old-coder?

Accepted Answer

Both enforce test-first discipline on a coding agent. Maggy does it with Claude-Code-specific hooks and quality gates you install as config; old-coder does it as provider-agnostic Markdown whose output is a report you sign off. Enforcement versus evidence.

Question 3

Is three-man-team a good alternative to old-coder?

Accepted Answer

Two ways to keep an agent honest without reading its code. three-man-team splits the work across Architect, Builder and Reviewer roles that gate each other; old-coder keeps one agent and makes it prove itself against a mechanical gauntlet.

Question 4

Is supercov a good alternative to old-coder?

Accepted Answer

Both refuse to let an agent call work done on vibes; old-coder enforces a SPEC-plus-gauntlet discipline as a skill, supercov enforces it with measured coverage and MC/DC obligations instead of process.

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