<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Critical-Thinking on Network Automagic</title><link>https://networkautomagic.net/tags/critical-thinking/</link><description>Recent content in Critical-Thinking on Network Automagic</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright © 2022 - 2025 Steinn Bjarnarson.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://networkautomagic.net/tags/critical-thinking/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>NA009 - The Square Table — AI, Hype, and the Future of Network Engineering</title><link>https://networkautomagic.net/podcast/na009/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://networkautomagic.net/podcast/na009/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="network-auto-magic-podcast" class="heading "&gt;Network Auto Magic Podcast&lt;a href="#network-auto-magic-podcast" aria-labelledby="network-auto-magic-podcast"&gt;








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&lt;p&gt;The Square Table — AI, Hype, and the Future of Network Engineering&lt;/p&gt;





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&lt;p&gt;In a first for Network Automagic, Steinn and Urs are joined by seven guests for a no-holds-barred roundtable on AI in the network automation world. The panel tackles what AI has actually changed day-to-day, whether it&amp;rsquo;s making engineers dumber or just shifting context, the dangers of vibe coding without validation, why AI mandates miss the point, and whether code quality still matters when velocity is the metric everyone chases. Expect sharp takes, zero nodding heads, and a debate about OSPF vs IS-IS that nobody asked for.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>