Thorsten Ball

Thorsten Ball builds Amp, an AI coding agent, and is its co-founder and co-creator. He previously worked on developer tools at Zed and Sourcegraph, and wrote *Writing an Interpreter in Go* and *Writing a Compiler in Go*.

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Based in: Aschaffenburg
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Amp

Until Present

Co-founder and Co-creator

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interpreterbook.com

Writing an Interpreter in Go

Writing

compilerbook.com

Writing a Compiler in Go

Writing

thorstenball.com

Think Harder: How I Prompt

A Laracon US talk on how he prompts coding agents, with examples and discussion of Amp.

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ampcode.com

How Thorsten Ball Uses Amp

A talk demonstrating how he works with coding agents, including Amp team workflows and a production bug fix.

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changelog.com

Agent, Take the Wheel

An interview about how coding agents work, Amp’s approach, and changes in AI tooling.

Media appearance

ampcode.com

What Is the Computer For Now?

A conversation about delegating more work to agents, testing their behavior, and improving Amp’s reliability.

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Thorsten Ball

Amp

Products & media

Writing an Interpreter in Go

Writing a Compiler in Go

Think Harder: How I Prompt

How Thorsten Ball Uses Amp

Agent, Take the Wheel

What Is the Computer For Now?

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