World Congress 2026 North America

You are the developer. From DX to AX with humans in mind.

September 25, 2026 11:40 – 12:10 · 30 min Mainstage

What this session covers

In a world where AI agents can write code and where platforms are shifting their focus from Developer Experience to Agent Experience, what does it mean to be a developer?

Matt Biilmann coined the term Agent Experience, AX at the start of 2025 and pivoted Netlify’s product northstar from DX to AX, and pushed the company to build software across teams and disciplines instead of buying SaaS software.

He’ll cover the emerging AX discipline, how the focus on AX enables domain expert to become the next generation software developers, and why that will only make software engineering as a discipline more important, not less important, while fundamentally changing the tools, skills and workflows involved.

World Congress 2026 North America

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