When Knowing When to Stop Is the Real Skill in AI-Augmented Development

Published on 23.04.2026

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TLDR: Amelia Wattenberger and Kent Beck sit down on the Still Burning podcast to talk about what we lose when every act of building has a metric attached to it. The conversation circles around play, purposeless exploration, and why augmented development might require a completely different set of instincts than the ones we've been trained to value. The most surprising takeaway is that knowing when to step back might be the most important skill nobody is talking about.

Find the North Star

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