Coffee With Developers • Jul 29, 2026

Moving from Playing with AI to Implementing AI - Lee Stott

Lee Stott

Lee Stott warns that manual coding is dead, urging engineers to become multi-agent AI orchestrators. Master specification-led development, robust token governance, and localized model deployment.

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