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

Designing high quality software with AI

Brian Lovin

Does AI make developers lazy and software mediocre? Discover how Notion leverages Next.js playgrounds and rigorous verification loops to ship ambitious, high-quality code.

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#1 about 2 min

Defining software quality as behavior encountering reality

The definition of software quality rests on how effectively a product behaves when encountering real-world conditions.

#2 about 2 min

Comparing productivity gains against perceived quality improvements

An initial surge in software creation speed often yields more output without raising overall quality standards.

#3 about 3 min

Architecture analogies for the commoditization of software design

Parallels between modern affordable housing and software highlight a shift toward reliable but uninspiring deliverables.

#4 about 2 min

Plausible software and the limits of current generation models

Generative models currently excel at assembling median-tier applications that reveal cut corners upon deeper user interaction.

#5 about 4 min

Embracing ambition to build uniquely beautiful software with AI

Democratized contribution and self-healing repositories empower engineering teams to elevate the ceiling for software craftsmanship.

#6 about 4 min

Transitioning from visual canvas tools to terminal based environments

Shifting from visual editors to terminal-based environments reveals the deep difficulty of resolving the last mile of design polish.

#7 about 3 min

Articulating design intuition as a core prompting meta skill

Experienced developers must learn to verbalize their deeply ingrained muscle memory to guide coding models effectively.

#8 about 2 min

Progression levels for mastering artificial intelligence coding agents

Prompting proficiency ranges from accepting basic autocomplete suggestions to orchestrating multiple autonomous workers using custom organizational harnesses.

#9 about 1 min

Prioritizing pull requests over memos in autonomous agent workflows

Emphasizing functional demos shifts product requirement documents from targeting human stakeholders to explicitly instructing autonomous agents.

#10 about 6 min

Prototyping playgrounds for direct designer engagement with material code

Dedicated production-like sandbox repositories allow creative teams to prototype directly in code without risking live service stability.

#11 about 2 min

Integrating autonomous sub-agents for design verification and user research

Deploying continuous environment monitors and design verifiers accelerates component iteration and generates short-lived links for user research.

#12 about 2 min

Establishing a shared vocabulary for low fidelity system design

Formulating a common language enables developers to bypass polished mockups and build robust features directly from rough concepts.

#13 about 2 min

Software labs as environments for human and agent collaboration

Database-driven internal platforms seamlessly coordinate task tracking and asynchronous handoffs between human implementation and automated review.

#14 about 2 min

Running extensive agent implementation sessions with persistent verification loops

Structuring broader conceptual tasks and enabling adversarial code evaluations lets developers focus on system planning while models execute backlogs.

#15 about 2 min

Automating user bug triage and resolutions using Slack agents

Automated internal processes capture user feedback to instantly investigate repositories and compile initial remediation pull requests.

#16 about 1 min

Creating visual code artifacts to enhance pull request comprehension

Generating explicit visual state breakdowns prevents cognitive laziness and drastically simplifies comprehensive pull request evaluations.

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Designing complex software architecture in the era of AI

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Navigating developer bottlenecks and human accountability

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1:55 min

Shifting developer workloads and realistic AI productivity gains

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