Developer Experience in the Age of AI Coding Agents – Max Kanat-Alexander, Capital One

In this monologue, the speaker discusses developer experience in the context of AI agents, highlighting the rapid changes and uncertainties in the field. The speaker addresses the concern that current investments may become obsolete and suggests focusing on "no regret" investments that benefit both human developers and AI agents. These include standardizing development environments, creating CLIs/APIs, improving validation and code structure, documenting external contexts and intentions, and enhancing code review processes. The speaker emphasizes that what benefits human developers also benefits AI, leading to a virtuous cycle of increasing productivity.