Ben Schofield
Author, open source contributor, and longtime Ruby enthusiast who researches expertise, staff engineering, and agentic development and shares practical perspectives on training engineers and using AI in development.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 53min
From Writing Code To Orchestrating It, Agentic Development with Ben Scofield
Ben Schofield, author and longtime Ruby contributor who studies expertise and staff engineering, joins to talk agentic development. They explore when to use agents versus coding, how to train engineers for staff roles, and the role of intentional defaults and context in tooling. Short, practical takes on learning breadth, specialization, and using AI to practice influence and specification skills.
