Scott and Mark learn...how agents reshape software engineering | BRK247
Agentic coding tools are dramatically boosting software engineering productivity, including at Microsoft's own teams.
“suddenly you weren't having to interact prompt by prompt but whole work streams of code were being produced and full functional apps”
In a lighthearted Microsoft Build session, Scott Hanselman and Mark Russinovich discuss how agentic coding tools have reshaped software engineering over the past year, shifting from prompt-by-prompt interaction to AI producing whole workstreams and functional apps. They cite Microsoft's own teams using agentic coding for productivity gains and reference model jumps like Opus 4.5. The framing is informal and grounded ('work beyond vibes'), making it more thematic commentary than a hard announcement.