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# The New Bottleneck in Software Development


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

## Description

AI is making it easier than ever to write code, but shipping it is becoming the harder problem. As developers and coding agents produce more code, codebases are growing, CI workloads are increasing, and build and test times are becoming a bigger constraint on engineering velocity. This talk explores why code validation is emerging as the new bottleneck in software development, and why the teams that can build, test, and ship faster will have a meaningful competitive advantage.

## Speaker

### [Aditya Jayaprakash](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@aditya-jayaprakash)

Co-Founder & CEO at Blacksmith


## Related talks at this congress

- [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 Broken Rung: How AI is Rebuilding Software Development from the Ground Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1744-the-broken-rung-how) — Tomislav Tipurić
- [When Humans Stop Writing Code: Rethinking Languages, Compilers, and Responsibility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1709-when-humans-stop) — Simon Auer
- [From Model Selection to Smart Routing: How to Use the Right LLM for Every Task](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1433-from-model-selection) — Viktoria Semaan

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