AI Won't Fix Your Engineering Culture
AI doesn't fix broken systems. It amplifies them. And right now, most organizations are learning that the hard way. This talk reframes the conversation: engineering culture is the real constraint, not tooling. DevEx is the signal. Platform Engineering is the lever. You need both before humans and agents can operate effectively. Agentic workflows don't wait for you to get your house in order. They expose weak foundations at speed and scale. Strong DevEx and platform capabilities become a multiplier. Everything else just gets louder.
Speaker
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Julia Kordick
Sr. Software Global Black Belt @ Microsoft
Julia is a Software Global Black Belt at Microsoft, helping large-scale organizations accelerate dev workflows through pragmatic, end-to-end platform engineering. With a background as a Software Engineer, Dev Lead, and Cloud Solution Architect, she speaks fluent developer and management—and knows how to bridge the gap without losing either side in translation. She’s a big-picture thinker who also loves to understand the details. Web and frontend will always have a place in her ❤️. Outside ... read more