World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

The Road to One Billion Developers

Demetris Cheatham , Thomas Dohmke

What happens when coding relies on natural language instead of strict syntax? Discover GitHub's bold AI vision to empower one billion developers by 2030.

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