Raw transcript — My TOP 5 Agentic Engineering Bets: Anthropic, Custom Agents, & Multi-Agent UI

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3rtOcwnqz0 Duration: 26m Captured: 2026-04-20

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Key segments (timecoded)

• [00:00–02:00] Framing: every plan is a bet on the future. Five 2026 bets pointing to "where I'm putting agents, time, money, and compute."
• [02:00–04:00] Bet 1 — Custom agents. Single agents put you ahead of the majority; custom agents in production put you in the top 1%. ROI: scaled, "nasty," domain-specific work. Risk: steep learning curve.
• [04:00–06:00] Bet 2 — Deprecate old engineering skills. "It's not about what you can do anymore. It's about what you can teach your agents to do." Pencil metaphor — creation/deletion both required. Guaranteed skill atrophy is the price.
• [06:00–08:00] Bet 3 — Limit-break the agentic coding constraints. The two constraints are PLANNING and REVIEWING. Custom agents inside ADWs (AI Developer Workflows) are the answer. Estimated 1-2 order of magnitude improvement.
• [08:00–10:00] Bet 4 — Multi-agent UIs and interaction interfaces. Voice as the primary new interface. Chat is the laziest, most overused interface. Goal: increase information rate between you and your agents.
• [10:00–12:00] Bet 5 — Compute maxing. "However much compute you think you're using, you're not using enough." Always-on 24/7 agents. Side bet: cost of compute will continue to decline (Qwen series cited).
• [12:00–14:00] Synthesis of the five bets → "Build living software that works for you while you sleep." OpenAI ChatGPT Pulse referenced as evidence of two-way prompt prediction coming true.
• [14:00–25:38] Sponsorship reveal — Tactical Agentic Coding course. 8 lessons + Agentic Horizon extended lessons. Pricing: early bird + principal AI coding member discount. "If you don't like being sold things, tune out." Heavy back-half pitch.