Jul 08, 2026

What do we build now? — Theo Browne, @t3dotgg

Theo Browne's keynote from AIEWF2026 urges software engineers to fundamentally change product development in response to rapidly evolving AI models (Sonnet 3.5 to Mythos). He advocates for rejecting legacy mental models and tools (skeuomorphism), embracing a new "Markdown tier" for projects, and thinking "wider" instead of just "deeper" by building extensible platforms that can challenge industry giants. The core message is to be more ambitious, as AI has drastically lowered the barrier to entry for complex, broad-reaching solutions.

Jul 08, 2026

Automate Workflows w/ Autonomous Tools Real-Time AI Agents | Aytekin Tank | Founder & CEO | Jotform

Aytekin Tank, Founder and CEO of Jotform, discusses how AI is revolutionizing software development and customer support, highlighting "vibe coding" and Jotform's 80% AI-handled support with zero layoffs. He also shares his "Theory of Constraints" playbook for scaling businesses and explores the potential of ChatGPT apps, all within Jotform's 20-year bootstrapped journey.

Jul 07, 2026

Software in the Age of Agents | The a16z Show

This conversation explores the shift in enterprise software as AI agents become primary users, moving towards 'headless' architectures where data and logic, rather than UIs, hold key value. It delves into the enduring stickiness of systems like SAP, driven by deep business process codification, and highlights that 'exception handling' is central to enterprise complexity. The discussion identifies new startup opportunities arising from AI, focusing on enhancing existing systems and bridging organizational functions rather than direct competition.

Jul 07, 2026

The Pipeline Is Dead - Iris ten Teije, Sky Valley Ambient Computing

This talk fundamentally challenges the long-standing 'frozen artifact' model of software distribution, arguing it's obsolete due to the collapsing cost of software changes (driven by AI) and persistent demand for personalization. Iris ten Teije introduces Differ's vision of 'adaptive software' using a 'stem and divergences' architecture, where each user runs a unique, live-adapted version. The presentation delves into the complex architectural, testing, and coordination challenges of this new paradigm, emphasizing the need for robust infrastructure to manage user-specific, mutable software safely.

Jul 07, 2026

SWE-Marathon: Evaluating Coding Agents at Billion-Token Scale - Rishi Desai, Abundant AI

SWE-Marathon introduces a benchmark for long-horizon autonomous software engineering, pushing coding agents from bug fixes to full project ownership. It highlights the critical need for robust, multi-layered verification and anti-cheat mechanisms to prevent reward hacking in tasks spanning hundreds of millions of tokens, revealing that current agents achieve only a 26% success rate.

Jul 02, 2026

The Platform Engineer’s Handbook • Ajay Chankramath & Kaspar von Grünberg • GOTO 2026

This conversation with Ajay Chankramath, author of 'The Platform Engineer’s Handbook,' delves into why practical, code-first guidance is essential for building Internal Developer Platforms. He argues that developer adoption failures stem from a "product discipline gap," not a technology one, emphasizing developer experience as a first-class outcome. The discussion covers the book's arc from foundations to enterprise-grade features and its focus on 100% open-source, vendor-agnostic tooling. Crucially, it highlights how agentic AI raises the stakes for platform engineering, requiring new IDP layers for agent context, memory, and guardrails, asserting that these must be built, owned, and operated internally for safe and productive AI adoption.