Context engineering

Jun 09, 2026

[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025

Derek Bingham explores the rapid evolution of developer tools with AI, from coding assistants to autonomous agents. He emphasizes the shift from prompt engineering to context engineering, introduces Spec-Driven Development (SDD) as a framework for quality AI-generated code, and dispels fears about AI replacing developers, arguing instead for increased demand and the necessity of new skills like ethical and systems thinking.

May 08, 2026

Agentic Search for Context Engineering — Leonie Monigatti, Elastic

Leonie Monigatti from Elastic provides a practical guide to agentic search, arguing that effective context engineering is not just a retrieval problem, but a search problem. The workshop explores the trade-offs between specialized tools (like semantic search) and general-purpose tools (like shell and SQL execution), offering a "low floor, high ceiling" framework for building a robust and efficient retrieval stack for AI agents.

May 03, 2026

Context Is the New Code — Patrick Debois, Tessl

Patrick Debois argues that as AI coding agents become more capable, the context that drives them—prompts, rules, and memory—needs its own engineering discipline, akin to how we manage code. He introduces the Context Development Lifecycle (Generate, Evaluate, Distribute, and Observe) to make context a shared, repeatable, and improvable part of software delivery, creating a flywheel effect where better context leads to better agent output and continuous improvement.

May 02, 2026

How RAG, GraphRAG, and Context Engineering Improve AI Performance

Martin Keen explains that context, not model intelligence, is the biggest bottleneck in AI. He introduces Context Engineering, its four pillars (Connected Access, Knowledge Layer, Precision Retrieval, Runtime Governance), and advanced techniques like GraphRAG to build more reliable, context-aware AI systems.

Apr 08, 2026

Bending a Public MCP Server Without Breaking It — Nimrod Hauser, Baz

Learn practical strategies to adapt third-party MCP server tools for production AI applications. This talk covers five key practices: curating tools, enhancing descriptions, implementing deterministic guardrails, composing new tools from existing ones, and leveraging tools as simple functions, all demonstrated through a real-world "Spec Reviewer" example.

Mar 26, 2026

How to Pass Context in an Agentic AI Flow

Grant Miller contrasts the static, single-application context of traditional OAuth with the dynamic, multi-system nature of agentic AI. He explains that agentic flows, involving orchestration, multiple agents, and LLMs, require a more sophisticated approach than simple prompt engineering. The video introduces 'context engineering' as the key strategy, which involves managing the entire system state, user context, and task history to optimize AI interactions and deliver accurate, context-aware responses.