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AI Agents

Why (Senior) Engineers Struggle to Build AI Agents

with Philipp Schmid

Thursday 9 July 16:10 – 16:40 Stage 7

About This Session

The better the engineer, the harder they fight the model. This session explores 5 ways our strongest engineering instincts—strict types, deterministic control flow, fail-fast exceptions—actively sabotage us when building AI agents. Through concrete before/after code patterns, you'll learn the mental model shifts required to go from fighting the model to shipping with it.

Topics

  • AI Coding Assistants
  • AI Models
  • AI Standards
  • Agents
  • Gemini