I like how Coder is open source, and the simplicity of the product. This simplicity is crucial for us, given our regulatory environment that doesn't always allow the use of the latest features. The agility of the Coder team in their development is also commendable. I enjoy the community; it's nice having an informal line to the Coder team. The installation of Coder is pretty simple and makes our work easy. The product is very easy to work with, and developers can figure out things on their own, which is always good. Coder helps us reduce the friction our developers experience during development and centralizes our various development environments. Managing workspaces is a plus, and it makes onboarding new staff much easier.

I use Coder to run AI agents at scale, and I find it incredibly useful that Coder enables me to run multiple agents at once on an easy GUI screen. I like how easy it is to replace AI LLMs in Coder, which saves a lot of time for me. The initial setup was very easy, taking less than a day to be fully in production.

The biggest upsides of using Coder are improved developer productivity, stronger security, and better control over infrastructure. Because development environments can run inside a company’s own cloud or Kubernetes setup, organizations can keep their source code and data within their existing security boundaries. It also fits well with modern DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and automated provisioning through tools like Terraform and Kubernetes.