Coffee With Developers • Mar 4, 2026

The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell

Patrick Schnell

Patrick Schnell warns that blindly trusting AI code creates disastrous technical debt. Learn how to evolve from a syntax coder to an AI orchestrator to build resilient systems.

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