Structure
This interactive hands-on workshop focuses on practical applications of AI for software teams. You'll learn how coding agents - and other LLM-powered tools - can increase your productivity across a variety of tasks - not just in coding.
This live online event is intentionally limited to a small group of experienced engineers. Expect diagrams, whiteboarding and lots of demos, with plenty of time for discussion and Q&A.
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Your instructor
Pete Hodgson is a 25 year veteran of the software industry. Having spent years helping engineering teams adopt new technical practices, he's now focused on practical, hype-free guidance on the adoption of AI-assisted engineering.
Check out his writing on why your coding agent is getting it wrong (and how to fix it), managing coding agent context, and building incrementally with coding agents.
Workshop Agenda
LLM Foundations
Understand the core building blocks of AI, to build your intuition around what an LLM needs in order to be successful.
AI Use Cases
Hands-on demonstrations on various ways that AI can help in your day-to-day work. Beyond feature development, see real examples of using LLMs for debugging, data wrangling, UX design and prototyping, exploring unfamiliar code, and more.
Coding Agents Deep-dive
Coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Copilot Agent, ...) are the key to real productivity gains with AI. We'll focus on practical techniques for getting your coding agent to do what you actually want, focusing on context management and stronger feedback loops.