Stop Vibe Coding, Start Architecting! Our AI Workflows

Everyone's vibe coding their way to broken software. More AI doesn't fix a bad foundation, it just makes the mess louder and faster! You've been told AI makes you 10x more productive. So why does it feel like you're drowning?

In this episode, Danny Thompson, Leon Noel, and GitKraken's Chris Griffing and Jeremy Castile break down what AI workflows actually look like at a senior level, the context docs, the architecture guardrails, the multi-agent orchestration, and the research data behind why 84% of developers feel more productive (and why the other 16% are probably doing it wrong).

Plus: the one thing Danny does after every successful AI session that multiplies the value of every token he's ever spent.

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00:00 AI Amplifies Whatever Workflow You Already Have

01:29 Meet the Hosts & Guests

02:37 What AI Tools Are We Actually Using?

06:07 Danny's Architecture-First Approach

10:19 Leon's Burnout Warning & Workflow Honesty

12:00 What AI Has Unlocked (and What It Hasn't)

17:43 GitKraken's Research: The Code Churn Problem

19:41 84% of Developers Feel More Productive — Here's Why

21:52 The Three Cohorts: Assistive → Emerging → Agent Native

23:32 Leon's Raw Take: Middle Manager Extreme

25:09 The Bottleneck Has Shifted (It's No Longer the Code)

27:12 GitKraken Kepler: The Agentic Development Environment

30:57 Managing Multiple Agents Like a Team

33:29 How Do You Stay Updated Across All Your Agents?

36:45 Is This For Everyone or Just Enterprise?

39:27 Danny's #1 Tip: The Context Doc Strategy

42:22 How to Fight Context Rot

46:17 Git Workflow When Running Multiple Agents

49:50 Structured Files: Code Standards, UI Docs, Deviation Files

51:15 Question of the Day: Which AI Tool Would You Miss Most?

57:01 Closing