Observations from an AI-Native Engineering Manager

This month we have the privilege of hearing from 2 speakers **Speaker 1:** Bryan Lund **Talk 1 Title:** Observations from an AI-Native Engineering Manager **Duration**: 20-30min AI-native engineering can genuinely deliver remarkable results: dramatically higher throughput, faster experimentation, and entirely new ways for people to contribute to software development. Those gains are real, but the hype surrounding AI in engineering tends to gloss over the limitations and consequences of automation. As teams push further into AI-native development, questions emerge around technical debt, engineering judgment, confidence, skill development, and engineers' connection to their craft. Drawing on firsthand experience managing an AI-native engineering team that pushed automation to its limits and delivered real-world results, let's talk about what became possible—and where the cracks started to show. How can we embrace AI and automation for maximum results without succumbing to the hype or neglecting the engineers and the craft we love? And how can we, as engineers, communicate this balance upward as the pressure of AI hype looms? How can we embrace AI and automation for maximum results without succumbing to the hype or neglecting the engineers and the craft we love? And how can we, as engineers, communicate this balance upward as the pressure for AI adoption grows? **Speaker 2:** Palmer Turley **Talk 2 Title:** What's changed in software engineering and what hasn't. **Duration:** 15min Sharing thoughts and learnings from a podcast between Kent C Dodds and Robert Martin. Discussing how AI has changed the landscape of software engineering and the many things that haven't changed and remain constant. Pizza and soda provided. See you there. Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/qgf-rfrg-xmb