World Congress 2026 North America
The spectrum of agentic coding: From vibe coding to high-quality software engineering
YK Sugi
Developer Experience Manager at Eventual
World Congress 2026 North America
World Congress 2026 North America
September 23–25, 2026 · San José, CA
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If vibe coding is giving in to vibes and one-shotting code that you are likely to throwaway, then agentic engineering is the deliberate practice of designing systems to help agents create high-quality code that gets better over time.
In this talk, we cover the agentic engineering loop and how to leverage it to multiply your output at every phase. We cover the new challenges that arise when agents write most of the code and we provide useful mental models for thinking about software development in the world of agents.
This talk is for anyone that wants to adopt an agent-first approach to software development and get the most out of agents and the latest frontier models.
World Congress 2026 North America
YK Sugi
Developer Experience Manager at Eventual
World Congress 2026 North America
John Coghlan
Senior Director, Developer Advocacy at GitLab
World Congress 2026 North America
Michael Yuan, Vivian Hu
World Congress 2026 North America
Vlad Luzin
CTO and Cofounder at BAND