Humility in the Age of Agentic Coding

About this episode

Steve Klabnik discusses his transition from AI criticism to building with AI tools in software engineering.

What happens when an AI hater starts building with AI agents? In this episode, we talk with software engineer Steve Klabnik, known for his work on the Rust programming language, about his journey from criticizing AI to experimenting with it firsthand. We explore Steve’s programming language Rue, largely built with the help of AI tools like Claude, and discuss what this means for software engineering and the future of coding in an AI-driven world. Featuring: Steve Klabnik – LinkedIn Chris Benson – Website , LinkedIn , Bluesky , GitHub , X Daniel Whitenack – Website , GitHub , X Links: The Rust Programming Language Rust Rue Daniel's RSA Meeting link for March 23, 2026 Daniel's RSA Meeting link for March 24-25, 2026 Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here !

People in this episode

Guest: Steve Klabnik

Topics covered

• AI agents
• software engineering
• Rust programming language
• coding
• AI tools
• programming languages

Keywords

• AI
• software engineering
• Rust
• Rue
• Claude
• programming
• coding
• AI tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rust, Claude

Products: Rue

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