The Transactional Trap: How 97% of Developers Are Using AI Wrong w/ Leon Noel & Danny Thompson

About this episode

The episode discusses how developers are misusing AI and explores various aspects of AI workflows and coding practices.

This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Leon Noel and Danny Thompson to talk AI workflows, agentic development, and whether the job of coding has fundamentally changed. They dig into prompt engineering, mental models, OpenClaw setups, the rise of harnesses and orchestration layers, and why testing in production might actually be fine. Along the way, they debate git rebase versus git merge, the death of LeetCode interviews, why Cursor feels different than Copilot, and whether Pokemon Go is still thriving in 2026. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:55 Whiskey Tasting: Matsui Single Cask Sakura 00:14:11 Hot Takes: Git Rebase vs Git Merge 00:20:30 The AI Revolution: From Skepticism to Adoption 00:23:21 OpenClaw Deep Dive: AI Agents While You Sleep 00:49:05 Cursor Web & Long-Running Agents 00:35:58 The Mental Model Problem: How Most Devs Use AI Wrong 00:55:44 AI Prompting Masterclass: Tips from the Experts 01:11:47 Code Review with AI: SLMs, Bug Bot & Snyk 00:32:47 Breaking Into Tech & The Future of Junior Developers 01:16:36 Pokemon Go Nostalgia & Wrap Up Links Matsui Single Malt Sakura Cask…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robbie, Adam

Guests: Leon Noel, Danny Thompson

Topics covered

• AI workflows
• agentic development
• prompt engineering
• git rebase vs git merge
• testing in production
• future of coding
• Pokemon Go

Keywords

• AI
• development
• prompt engineering
• git
• testing
• Cursor
• Copilot
• OpenClaw
• Pokemon Go

Sponsors

Warp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenClaw, Cursor, Copilot, Atlassian, Claude, Resilient Coders, 100 Devs

Products: Matsui Single Cask Sakura

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