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(00:00) - This Month in React April
(00:26) - Introductions
(02:36) - What convinced you AI code tools were worth using?
(04:24) - Using early ChatGPT for DB migrations
(06:59) - Watching AI use a command-line
(08:16) - Background chat agents
(08:58) - Staying very hands-on while using AI tools
(11:00) - Driving AI closely without reading its code
(17:50) - Mark's workflow; OpenCode with CodeNomad UI, plus IDE+git UI. Opus 4.6 on API
(20:39) - Swizec's workflow, latest Cursor on Opus
(23:58) - Carl's workflow, mostly ClaudeCode but looking at custom orchestrators
(25:23) - Exploring fully autonomous agents
(28:08) - Mark's AI debugging work in React core
(31:42) - Value of providing more context
(33:58) - AI-owned documentation
(37:09) - Using good engineering practices still matters?
(40:47) - How do you know the right code to make?
(42:49) - Good communication still matters
(45:13) - What will "review" look like in the future?
(46:17) - Automating functionality tests with deployment practices
(51:49) - What behaviors belong to the agent, and what fundamentally can't be part of the agent?
(56:17) - Impacts of LLMs on software engineering?
(01:03:22) - A superpower right now is a domain expert who can kind of code