Scott Hanselman is the the VP of Developer Community at Microsoft.

We discuss the ambiguity and non-determinism of agentic loops, expressing clear intent to steer models, the importance of knowing fundamentals, and why saying you vibed something means you don't care.

This is an extended version of an interview posted on Software Engineering Radio.

Transcript available here

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