You Can't Prompt the Room: The Last Skill AI Won't Replace - Balázs Horváth, VisualLabs
Jun 29, 2026 · 15:45
Balázs Horváth of VisualLabs argues that the skill AI cannot replace is the ability to read the room and elicit real requirements, as writing code is no longer the bottleneck. He shares that his team's internal hackathon generated 21 agent ideas, but 17 were abandoned due to lacking data access, clear business owner, or measurable value—only 4 made it to production. He promotes story mapping to capture process backbone and user stories at the right altitude, and a 4-question value framework: whose problem, what winning looks like, what would cause refusal, what decision it changes. Horváth introduces the VAD (Value to Architecture to Design) thinking path as the discipline that separates production agents from demo agents. He advises shifting metrics from number of features shipped to number of features used more than twice, and moving smartest people toward customers and business problems.
