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# Your Brain Is Lying to You: Cognitive Biases in Development


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description


We like to think our decisions are logical. But they’re often not.
Cognitive biases can trick us into choosing the wrong solution, underestimating complexity, or overestimating our abilities. In this talk, we’ll uncover the most common mental shortcuts developers fall into and how they impact real engineering work.
By recognizing these patterns, you’ll be able to make clearer decisions, avoid subtle pitfalls, and build better software.

## Speaker

### [Kate Astrid](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@kate-astrid)

Senior Product Engineer 


## Related talks at this congress

- [AI That Argues With Itself: Building Self-Debating Systems That Catch Their Own Bugs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1401-ai-that-argues-with) — Shreya Singhal
- [The Productivity Illusion: What AI Really Changed for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1436-the-productivity) — Fatih Kadir Akın
- [Engineering the Pivot: How Creative Strategy Solves the Hard Problems of AI Accuracy and Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1737-engineering-the) — Shruti Tiwari
- [The Things Your AI Isn't Telling You](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1710-the-things-your-ai) — Desmond Lamptey

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## Links

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