The AI Development Revolution: transforming software creation & engineering
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Conversations from the Hg Digital Summit
Witness the radical transformation of software development and engineering measurement in the AI era through expert insights from Replit, Litera, and Plandek at Hg Digital Summit 2025.
These forward-thinking discussions explore how "vibe coding" with AI agents is compressing development cycles from months to weeks, enabling non-technical experts to build production-ready applications, and fundamentally reshaping how we measure engineering impact.
Learn how organizations are adapting team structures and metrics as AI handles increasing portions of development work, putting domain expertise at the centre of software creation.
Code at the speed of thought: how vibe coding is reshaping software creation
"The amount of code that AI is able to write autonomously, thanks to agents, thanks to better models is increasing, and it's actually doubling about every seven months"
Legal tech leader Adam Ryan reveals how "vibe coding" with AI agents compressed a six-month development process into just four weeks, while Replit's Matt Palmer shows how anyone can now build production-ready applications without writing a single line of code. As domain expertise trumps technical skills in this new paradigm, see how the democratization of software development is transforming entire industries and organizational structures.
Beyond lines of code: measuring engineering impact in the AI era
"One of the other things that we've been talking about a lot is as engineering capacity infinitely increases, we're going to need more product tech expertise to be able to meet that demand as well."
With AI agents now handling up to 50% of development work, Plandek COO Will Lytle reveals why traditional productivity metrics are fatally flawed in this new era. His revolutionary framework shifts focus from output metrics to business outcomes, offering engineering leaders a practical roadmap for measuring value when machines do the coding.
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