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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

The Agentic Assembly Line

Thomas Dohmke

Thomas Dohmke declares traditional software development is cracking under the weight of AI coding agents. Learn how the Agentic Assembly Line ends YOLO merges by verifying intent over syntax.

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#1 about 3 min

Transitions from autocomplete to fully autonomous coding agents

The evolution of developer tooling progresses from simple auto-completion to autonomous systems tackling complete repositories.

#2 about 3 min

IDE abandonment and the surge of AI-generated code

Developers increasingly rely on terminal-based agents to generate the vast majority of new application code.

#3 about 2 min

The breakdown of human code reviews and massive pull requests

Agent-generated pull requests have become too large for humans to efficiently review, leading to blind merges.

#4 about 4 min

Replacing the manual developer loops with autonomous agent loops

The traditional inner and outer development loops are shifting to continuous, self-evaluating agent processes.

#5 about 2 min

Shifting the development bottleneck to capturing human intent

With code generation automated, the new software development lifecycle centers entirely on precisely defining intent and proving results.

#6 about 3 min

Preserving agent session logs alongside source code changes

Chat histories and agent prompts must be stored in repositories to document the institutional context behind code decisions.

#7 about 6 min

Demonstrating the entire CLI for tracking agent context

A live demonstration showcases how to automatically capture and commit agent session logs as Git references.

#8 about 4 min

Reviewing CI signals instead of reading massive code diffs

Implementing continuous trails allows teams to confidently bypass line-by-line code reading by relying on automated security and drift gates.

#9 about 4 min

Managing exponential repository growth and parallel agent execution

As single developers orchestrate multiple coding agents simultaneously, code generation speed scales beyond legacy limits.

#10 about 5 min

Building a decentralized Git infrastructure for agent traffic

Modern continuous agent loops require a globally distributed repository backend that eliminates centralized network bottlenecks.

#11 about 4 min

The golden era of developer creativity and software ambition

Autonomous tools will not replace developers but instead elevate human creativity toward building significantly larger systems.

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1:48 min

The evolving role of software engineers alongside agents

David Soria Parra David Soria Parra +3 · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:55 min

Shifting developer workloads and realistic AI productivity gains

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

1:54 min

Evolving from coding assistants to agentic software development

Debashis Saha Debashis Saha +1 · World Congress 2026 North America

2:34 min

Balancing developer autonomy with the adoption of coding agents

Clemens Wasner Clemens Wasner +4 · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:26 min

Redefining software development with agentic workflows

Laura Thorson Laura Thorson · World Congress 2026 Europe

7:57 min

The evolving role of human developers managing agents

Han Wang Han Wang +3 · World Congress 2026 North America

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