Gar y Tan
YC partner and builder who returned to coding after a long hiatus, shipping popular open-source projects and building agent-driven tools like Gary's List, GStack, and G-Brain; focuses on agentic software, token-maximizing workflows, and personal AI.
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May 8, 2026 • 41min
Tokenmaxxing: How Top Builders Use AI To Do The Work Of 400 Engineers
Gary Tan, YC partner turned builder who returned to coding and ships agent-driven tools like GStack and G-Brain. He describes rebuilding products quickly with AI coding agents. He talks about token-maxxing, agentic workflows like conductor/queue/QA, and why personal, user-controlled AI will reshape how one person builds powerful software.
