The Checklist That Turns 'Judgment' Into Actual Work | Kent C. Dodds

🎯 AI agents now write the code. So what's actually left for you? Kent C. Dodds argues the durable skill isn't prompting, fine-tuning, or the workflow-of-the-week. What's inside: 🔸 Kent C. Dodds turns "judgment matters" from a slogan into a working checklist: the exact questions a product engineer asks that an AI agent never will 🔸 Why every AI workflow you're chasing (prompt → flow → loop engineering) expires in months 🔸 How the role shifts from "ticket taker" to feature owner 🎙️ Kent C. Dodds is a world-renowned speaker, teacher, and trainer, and an active member of the open source community. A maintainer and contributor to hundreds of popular npm packages. He's the creator of EpicReact.Dev and TestingJavaScript.com, an instructor on egghead.io and Frontend Masters, and a Google Developer Expert. Connect with Kent: 👉   / kentcdodds   Explore his website: 👉 https://kentcdodds.com/ This talk was recorded at AI Coding Summit (July, 2026): 🔗 https://aicodingsummit.com/?utm_sourc... 📝 Talk: The Last Software Engineer | Kent C. Dodds 📌 Follow the link to watch the full version of all the conference talks, QnA’s with speakers and hands-on workshop recordings: 🔗 https://gitnation.com/events/ai-codin... 🕐 Timestamps: 00:00 - The last software engineer? Just kidding 00:57 - Your 20% Off 🫣 02:31 - Prompt, flow, loop... the treadmill that never stops 04:12 - If AI takes everything, what's left for you? 07:43 - Homing arrows: when aiming stops mattering 10:18 - "The agent never pushes back" — how you ship slop 16:01 - The questions an AI agent will never ask 18:21 - What if he's wrong? Why judgment wins anyway 20:35 - The next great product engineer might be you 21:28 - Q&A: Is the AI chaos finally settling down? 23:40 - Q&A: If anyone copies your idea in a weekend, why build? 26:21 - Q&A: How do you get a team to actually own their work? 28:06 - Q&A: The skills that suddenly matter more than code 📌 We’ve hidden a secret code for 20% off your next event. Join our upcoming conferences! 💫 AI Coding Summit Nov 16 & 17, 2026 (New York & Online) https://aicodingsummit.com/nyc/?utm_s... 💫 AI Coding Summit Dec 4 & 7, 2026 (Berlin & Online) https://aicodingsummit.com/berlin/?ut... and more! 🚀 Check out all the upcoming events from GitNation: 🔗 https://gitnation.com/events?utm_sour... Don't forget to use INSIDER20 promo code for 20% off on tickets. #GitNation #AICodingSummit #AICoding #SoftwareEngineering #AIAgents #ProductEngineering #KentCDodds #DeveloperSkills #VibeCoding #CodingWithAI #TechCareers #FutureOfWork #SeniorEngineer #StaffEngineer #TechLead #EngineeringLeadership #AITools #WebDev #JavaScript #SoftwareDevelopment #ShipFaster #DevLife #TechConference #Judgment #Programming #AIRevolution