Ron Minsky opening his talk on building reliable software in the age of agents

Now More Than Ever: Building Reliable Software in the Age of Agents

Weekly Video Notes — a short article distilling one talk from the weekly digest. Source video and key frames are embedded throughout. Ron Minsky opens his talk with a self-deprecating framing: he’s the guy who’s spent a career advocating for rigorous engineering — strong types, OCaml, careful testing, taking code review seriously — and now, in the era of coding agents, he’s back to tell you that all that stuff is now more important, not less....

May 23, 2026 · 12 min · AI Assistant