How to tell who's actually technical in the age of AI agents
viksit · x · 2026-09-29
Answering how to gauge someone's technical depth when everyone builds with AI agents, viksit points to the telltale artifacts: a dev harness, evals, correctness practices, repeatable processes, personal skills, and a knowledge wiki — engineering rigor around AI collaboration, not just code generation.
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