Building Better Software with AI Agents: Why Fundamentals Still Matter

AI coding tools are changing how software gets built, but they do not remove the need for software engineering discipline. In practice, they make fundamentals more important. This post is a condensed write-up of a workshop by Matt Pocock on building better software with AI agents. The original workshop is available here: https://youtu.be/-QFHIoCo-Ko?si=9qyQKxnid9sE_ehc The core mistake many developers make is treating AI as a “spec-to-code compiler”: write a vague requirement, hand it to an agen