Aug 26, 2026

Platform Engineering for Developers, Architects & the Rest of Us • Daniel Bryant • GOTO 2025

Daniel Bryant discusses platform engineering for software developers and architects, emphasizing treating platforms as internal products with developers as customers. He outlines a three-layered architecture, the evolution from monolithic systems to microservices, and the importance of 'golden bricks' over 'golden paths' for composability. Key takeaways include API-first design, minimizing cognitive load, avoiding leaky abstractions, and measuring success through frameworks like DORA and DevEx to achieve speed, safety, and scale.

Aug 22, 2026

The Agent Behind the Curtain: Building the Oz Cloud Agent Platform — Safia Abdalla, Warp

Safia Abdalla discusses Warp's cloud agent platform, emphasizing its core principle of absorbing complexity from the user. She details features like flexible sandboxes, multi-harness support, and API-driven agent orchestration. The talk highlights how agents manage Warp's open-source repository—from issue triage to PR review—and introduces the "potter's workshop" analogy as a superior model to the "software factory" for modern, human-centric software development.

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.

Oct 27, 2025

Building Better Software: Why Workflows Beat Code Every Time • Ben Smith & James Beswick • GOTO 2025

Ben Smith and James Beswick explore the evolution of modern software architecture, discussing the critical role of workflow services in managing distributed systems, the trade-offs between microservices and monoliths, and the power of plugin architectures.

Sep 30, 2025

The Blind Spots of Platform Engineering • Matt McLarty & Erik Wilde

Matt McLarty and Erik Wilde explore the blind spots in platform engineering, arguing that a narrow focus on developer velocity and toolchains overlooks the critical need for creating reusable, API-driven business capabilities that deliver tangible value and organizational optionality.

Aug 25, 2025

Integration of AI into Traditional Systems // Hakan Tek // Agents in Production 2025

This talk explores practical, low-disruption strategies for integrating AI capabilities into traditional and legacy enterprise systems without requiring a complete overhaul. It covers common challenges, effective integration patterns like API-based and hybrid approaches, and highlights readily available tools to help teams start small and deliver immediate business value.