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


- **Date:** Friday, Sep 25, 2026
- **Time:** 11:40–12:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** Mainstage
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

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.

## Speaker

### [Matt Biilmann](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@matt-biilmann)

Matt Biilmann, CEO and co-founder, Netlify


## Related talks at this congress

- [Rethinking Developer Tools for the Agent Era](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1877-rethinking-developer) — Han Wang, Sam Bhagwat, Ben Haefele
- [12 Names for the Same Thing: Why Developer Experience Can't Grow Without a Common Language](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1764-12-names-for-the) — Artem Mukhin
- [Intelligence in Motion: Building the Next Generation of AI-Powered Apps on Zoom's Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1780-intelligence-in) — Brendan Ittelson
- [Agentic Drift: keeping pace with your agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1739-agentic-drift) — John Coghlan

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## Links

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