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# Beyond the Model Wars: What to Learn, Unlearn, and Focus On


- **Event:** Conference India 2026

## Description

Every few weeks, there's a new model, a new benchmark, and a new claim. Builders have a more practical question: what does this mean for how I build software, and for the skills I need? What are the real industry problems in the agentic era? Spoiler alert: it isn't coding, it isn't just choosing the right model, and it isn't just token economics. Join me as I share my view of the problem space. The best part is that we don't have answers to all of these problems. That's exactly what makes this exciting, and it's exactly where you, the builders, come in.

## Speaker

### [Dhiwakar Kusuma](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dhiwakar-kusuma)

Senior Technical Partner Manager, GitHub


## Related talks at this congress

- [The Dream Team You Didn't Know You Had - Multi-Model, Multi-Agent, One Software Lifecycle](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/conference-india-2026/sessions/2026-the-dream-team-you) — Aditya Dua
- [Stop Counting Tokens, Start Making Them Count](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/conference-india-2026/sessions/2034-stop-counting-tokens) — Vicky Israni
- [How is SWE & EM roles are changing in the age of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/conference-india-2026/sessions/1986-how-is-swe-em-roles) — Amol Sharma
- [What If AI Helps Us Build the Wrong Product Faster?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/conference-india-2026/sessions/2000-what-if-ai-helps-us) — Sekhar Burra

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## Links

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