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AI Writes the Code. So What's Left for Engineers? - Laurie Voss, Arize AI

AI Writes the Code. So What's Left for Engineers? - Laurie Voss, Arize AI

Laurie Voss, head of developer relations at Arize AI and co-founder of npm, argues that coding agents have made writing code nearly free, so the bottleneck keeps moving first to code review, then to operations and security. What agents can't take over is discovering what people actually need and defining what 'good' means. He introduces the product engineer as the role that remains, examines the collapse in junior engineering hiring, and offers practical advice for engineering leaders.

No, That's Not a Software Factory — Ryan Cooke, WorkOS

No, That's Not a Software Factory — Ryan Cooke, WorkOS

Ryan Cooke of WorkOS argues that software factories should be judged by customer outcomes rather than PR counts or AI-generated code volume. He describes how WorkOS embedded its product engineering process into its factory through TARS, Horizon, a PM agent that drafts Hilltop docs, and an internal MCP gateway connected to Snowflake, along with bug triage, owned sandboxes, a memory layer and outcome-focused metrics.

You can't just one shot it — Mehedi Hassan, Granola

You can't just one shot it — Mehedi Hassan, Granola

A product engineer from Granola shares a candid account of the challenges in moving AI features from the playground to production. This talk covers the pitfalls of "one-shot" solutions like web search and generic prompts, and details Granola's strategy of building custom internal tracing and development tooling to create a tight, effective feedback loop for iteration.