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# State of the Software Factory


- **Date:** Friday, Sep 25, 2026
- **Time:** 14:50–15:20 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

While the "do you have to read the code" debate rages on, we've been hard at work figuring out how to get models to write code that gets better over time, not worse. We'll discuss why current model training approaches and benchmarks checking "do the tests pass" are not enough, and how we're approaching evaluating the long-term-quality of LLM-generated code.


## Speaker

### [Dexter Horthy](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dexter-horthy)

Co-Founder of HumanLayer


## Related talks at this congress

- [The reviewer can't be the author: independent verification for AI-generated code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1822-the-reviewer-can-t) — Manish Kapur
- [Keeping Code Quality at AI Speed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1860-keeping-code-quality) — Daksh Gupta, Arthur Hicken, Jack Danger, Francesco Ciulla
- [The Death of the Code Review](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1769-the-death-of-the) — Laurie Voss
- [The New Bottleneck in Software Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1821-the-new-bottleneck) — Aditya Jayaprakash

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## Links

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