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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 25, 2026 • Session details

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

Matt Biilmann

Netlify CEO Matt Biilmann warns that raw syntax knowledge is trending toward zero. Discover why your platform must pivot from Developer Experience to Agent Experience.

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#1 about 4 min

Evolution of software development and building through organizational culture

Moving from direct coding and emerging web architectures to scaling products by nurturing teams and workflows.

#2 about 2 min

Navigating the transition to AI assisted software development

Shifting from building mental models of codebases to guiding probabilistic models through targeted prompting.

#3 about 4 min

Architecting highly scalable infrastructure using AI coding agents

Foundational software engineering knowledge remains crucial for designing distributed systems decoupled from direct implementation details.

#4 about 3 min

Redefining developer value from syntax to structural domain expertise

As the mechanical implementation of software trends toward zero value, architectural and domain knowledge become paramount.

#5 about 4 min

Empowering domain experts to build functional internal business applications

Employees outside engineering can directly prompt agents to construct workflows while collaborating with developers for security.

#6 about 3 min

Shifting platform design from developer experience to agent experience

Tooling must evolve to provide seamless and holistic interfaces for AI models acting on behalf of users.

#7 about 4 min

Core pillars of designing platforms for automated agent access

Successful agent integration requires anonymous access flows, rich context provision, specialized tools, and robust cloud orchestration.

#8 about 2 min

Evaluating and measuring agent interactions using open source frameworks

Running deterministic scenarios against various models helps evaluate token spend and iterative improvements to agent tools.

#9 about 3 min

The increasing demand for software engineers in AI environments

Organizations will rely heavily on developers to integrate automated systems and ensure the robustness of internally generated applications.

#10 about 2 min

Embracing constant change as a fundamental developer skill set

Continuous learning and adapting to new paradigms are essential for engineers to actively shape the future of technology.

Matching moments

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The transforming role of developers in the AI era

Mateusz Gren Mateusz Gren +1 · World Congress 2026 Europe

1:48 min

The evolving role of software engineers alongside agents

David Soria Parra David Soria Parra +3 · 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

3:21 min

Evolving the developer role beyond writing code syntax

Matan Grinberg Matan Grinberg +2 · World Congress 2026 North America

2:18 min

Redefining developer roles and software architecture requirements

Laurie Voss Laurie Voss · Coffee With Developers

6:55 min

Comparing agent experience with traditional developer experience

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

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