Episode
SE Radio 711: Scott Hanselman on AI-Assisted Development Tools
Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers · Mar 11, 2026 · 1 h 02 min
Scott Hanselman, the VP of Developer Community at Microsoft, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about AI-assisted coding. They start by considering how the tools are a progression from syntax highlighting and autocomplete. Scott describes the ambiguity and non-determinism of agentic loops, why vague high-level prompts usually don't give good results, and the need to express intent and steer the…