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# Performance Engineering in the Age of AI


- **Date:** Friday, Sep 25, 2026
- **Time:** 11:00–11:30 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 3
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Profiling has long been an esoteric skill that only few people ever took the time to learn. The tools are clunky, and the visualizations difficult to read. However, at it's core, performance engineering is very methodical, and follows a lot of rules. AI has also gotten very good at writting code, so in an abundance of luck, they are a match made in heaven!

In this session Frederic will walk through the incredible integration between AI and Profiling and show how performance engineering is now accessible to every engineer regardless of proficiency.

## Speaker

### [Frederic Branczyk](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@frederic-branczyk)

VP of Data Platforms at Dash0


## Related talks at this congress

- [Designing High-Performance AI APIs: Lessons from Serving Millions of Real-Time Requests](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1846-designing-high) — Wayne Liu
- [AI ROI: The Hard Unit Economics of AI-Native Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1687-ai-roi-the-hard-unit) — Manu Gurudatha
- [Building the AI Era Through Developer Communities: A Competitive Advantage for Engineers & Teams](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1748-building-the-ai-era) — John Komarnicki
- [Reinventing Testing Practices in the AI Era](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1724-reinventing-testing) — Eric Deandrea

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## Links

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