#S2.07 Agentic Engineering Is Bringing XP Back - Ben Hoskins (NewStore)
Benjamin Hoskins joins Beyond Vibe Coding to discuss what agentic engineering looks like when it is grounded in serious engineering practice rather than prompt-driven improvisation. His personal workflow combines a custom Card Planner, MCP, Allium, big batches of red unit and end-to-end tests, boundary value analysis, hexagonal architecture, IntelliJ-based refactoring, and regular architectural review. The interesting point is not the tool list. It is the comprehensive use of the feedback loop: give agents a precise behavioral specification, make tests fail first, and then let the system…
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