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In this episode, we interview Kent. C Dodds, a prolific developer educator and TypeScript fan, to talk about his new courses and where he sees the future of software development going. Should you still learn to code in 2026? What skills will still be valuable 5 or 10 years from now? And how is he using agents day-to-day in his own work? Sponsored by Excalibur.js Excalibur.js is the free and open source friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web. Learn to make web games with TypeScript or JavaScript! Excalibur comes out-of-the-box with everything you need, like physics, sprites, animations, sound effects, and first-party plugins for popular 2D gamedev tools. Homepage and Docs: https://excaliburjs.com Make Your First Game in 10 Minutes Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/9UemP985Uy Chapters (00:00) - Meet Kent C. Dodds, Developer Educator (04:44) - Should You Still Bother to Learn TypeScript in 2026? (08:21) - Everyone Has Knowledge Gaps No Matter Your Experience (10:42) - The Role of Agents in Software Development (15:34) - AI Lowers the Barrier of Entry But It Doesn't Raise Your Ceiling (17:36) - What Skills Will Become More Valuable in the Future? (25:59) - How Agents Are Taking Lower-Value Work (30:35) - Where Does TypeScript Fit in This Future? (34:02) - Practical TypeScript Foundations for Fluency (39:07) - Interactive and Cohort-based Learning (41:27) - From Zero to Hero with TypeScript (46:09) - How Kent Integrates AI-assisted Learning (48:30) - Kent's Tips on Working with Coding Agents (55:28) - Where to Find Kent Online Kent's Links Practical TypeScript: Foundations for Fluency EpicWeb.dev Epic AI Call Kent Podcast Music Seahorse Dreams by Kubbi ( Spotify )

The Pragmatic AI Podcast is sponsored by Tighten. T-I-G-H-T-E-N. We will take your AI ideas, prototypes or even vibe-coded apps, and we'll take them to production. Scalable and secure. Check us out at tighten.com. Matt Stauffer talks with Kent C. Dodds — educator, JavaScript expert, and creator of Epic Web, Epic React, and Epic AI — about what it actually looks like to use AI at the frontier of software development. They dig into how Kent ships thousands of lines of AI-generated code without reviewing most of it, why he believes "product engineering" is the most durable skill left in the industry, and what MCP (Model Context Protocol) is and why it matters far beyond the developer world. Kent also walks through Kody, his personal AI assistant that controls his home, journals his life story, and can integrate with virtually anything. The conversation gets real on education, the future of jobs, the role of human empathy in an AI-dominated world, and why Kent thinks the parts of our jobs AI is taking are usually the parts we hated most anyway. Matt Stauffer on X Tighten Website Kent’s Website Kent on X Kent on GitHub Epic Web Epic React Epic AI VS Code Cursor CodeRabbit Cursor Bugbot Practical TypeScript Course Justin Jackson Post EpicProduct.Engineer Community Usage from Bogdan Kharchenko Jesse Genet on X Kent C. Dodds AI Engineer Miami Talk ----- Editing and transcription sponsored by Tighten .

Kent C. Dodds is back with bold ideas and a game-changing vision for the future of AI and web development. In this episode, we dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the power behind Epic AI Pro, and how developers can start building Jarvis-like assistants today. From replacing websites with MCP servers to reimagining voice interfaces and AI security, Kent lays out the roadmap for what's next, and why it matters right now. Don’t miss this fast-paced conversation about the tools and tech reshaping everything. Links Website: https://kentcdodds.com X: https://x.com/kentcdodds Github: https://github.com/kentcdodds YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/kentcdodds-vids Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kentcdodds LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentcdodds Resources Please make Jarvis (so I don't have to): https://www.epicai.pro/please-make-jarvis AI Engineering Posts by Kent C. Dodds: https://www.epicai.pro/posts We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Em, at emily.kochanek@logrocket.com , or tweet at us at PodRocketPod . Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form , and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! What does LogRocket do? LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Special Guest: Kent C. Dodds.