August 2026
Intermediate
3h 12m
English
conference
Software Development Superstream: From AI Conductor to AI Orchestrator
by Sam Newman, Addy Osmani, Angie Jones, Alfonso Graziano, Banjo Obayomi, Chris Ford, Akshay Shah, Benjamin Wagner
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
The era of vibe coding is maturing into a disciplined engineering practice. Join Sam Newman and expert guests to explore the critical transition from being a conductor of a single agent to becoming an orchestrator of many. Dive into the emerging agentic software engineering stack to understand how to build systems that plan, test, and execute with high autonomy.
Learn how to spend less time writing code and more time crafting precise technical specifications that serve as the source of truth for autonomous agents. Understand how techniques like spec-driven development, evals, and context engineering can advance your skillset as you move forward in this new agentic world.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Understand the new trends in agentic engineering and what they mean for your work today
- Work with agents and retain your craft as an engineer
- Build resilient agentic systems that safely ship real work rather than just impressive prototypes
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Building AI Agent Platforms (early release book)
- Read Learning AI-Native Software Engineering (early release book)
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