AI Has Eaten Tactical Programming: Matt Pocock on Agent Skills and Coding Interviews
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-08-06
In a recent podcast, TypeScript expert Matt Pocock discussed how AI is reshaping software engineering. He stated bluntly that "AI has eaten tactical programming. It's gone," sparking a conversation about how the industry should conduct technical coding interviews now that AI writes most of the code.
The episode also covers his open-source library of agent skills (approaching 200k GitHub stars), featuring tools like grill-me, which relentlessly interrogates a developer's plan before the agent writes any code, preventing meaningless "vibe coding."
Additionally, they explore the "smart zone" and "dumb zone" of context windows, whether agile sprints still make sense, and the emerging era of "personal software."
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