It Ain't Broke: why software fundamentals matter more than ever (Matt Pocock, AI Engineer Europe)

Matt Pocock

Talks worth your time · Agentic engineering · 2026-10-09 · 18 min · 8 pages

Matt Pocock just dropped an 18-minute talk at @aiDotEngineer on why software fundamentals matter more than ever in the AI age: 00:00 - Why specs-to-code produces garbage 04:36 - Grill Me: the skill that interrogates your plan before AI writes code 07:21 - Fix verbose AI with a https://t.co/gLpHA5FIxL

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