Engineering management

Feb 12, 2026

“Engineers are becoming sorcerers” | The future of software development with OpenAI's Sherwin Wu

Sherwin Wu, head of engineering for OpenAI’s API platform, discusses the radical transformation of software engineering. He shares how 95% of OpenAI engineers use Codex to manage fleets of AI agents, cutting code review times from 15 to 3 minutes. Wu explores the widening productivity gap, the changing role of managers in an AI-first world, and why "models will eat your scaffolding for breakfast", urging developers to build for where AI is going, not where it is today.

Oct 26, 2025

How Block is becoming the most AI-native enterprise in the world | Dhanji R. Prasanna

Block CTO Dhanji R. Prasanna shares how the company is becoming AI-native. He discusses their internal open-source AI agent, Goose, which saves employees 8-10 hours weekly, how they measure productivity gains, and the organizational changes that have had an even greater impact than AI tooling.

Oct 14, 2025

Tech Leadership Challenges: Communication & AI at Financial Times • Alice Bartlett & Charles Humble

Alice Bartlett, Tech Director at the Financial Times, offers a deep dive into her leadership role, managing a 70-person team responsible for FT.com and the mobile apps. She discusses the transition from principal engineer to director, the art of managing stakeholder relationships, strategies for tackling technical debt, and her nuanced perspective on the impact of AI on software development and team dynamics.