Replacing 12K LoC with a 200 LoC Skill — David Gomes, Cursor

Presenters David Gomes Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 🚀 From 15,000 Lines of Code to Markdown: The Future of Agentic Programming In the world of software development, we often equate progress with more code, more features, and more complexity. But what if the secret to building better tools isn’t writing more code, but deleting it? At a recent talk, David Gomes shared a radical transformation within Cursor, the AI-powered code editor. By leveraging the power of LLMs and Markdown, the team managed to replace a massive, complex feature with a few simple instructions. ...

April 30, 2026 · 4 min

AgentCraft: Putting the Orc in Orchestration — Ido Salomon

Presenters Ido Salomon Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Level Up Your AI Agents: How Gaming Wisdom is Revolutionizing Human-Agent Collaboration 🎮🚀 Good morning, London! Ido Salomon, creator of Agent Craft, MC I, and co-maintainer of MC apps, recently unveiled a groundbreaking approach to scaling AI agent collaboration. We all know individual agents are amazing, but what happens when you try to scale up to 10, 20, or even 100 agents? The dream of 100x amazingness often hits a wall. Why? Because we become the bottleneck. Orchestrating dozens of “reckless employees” – as Ido humorously puts it – isn’t typically an engineer’s job. We need new skills, but these skills aren’t entirely new; they’ve been hiding in plain sight, especially for gamers! ...

April 25, 2026 · 5 min

Engineering Production-Grade Multi-Agent Systems in the Cloud | Sandeep Mannapur | Conf42 Cloud 2026

Presenters Sandeep Mannapur Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 Engineering Production-Grade Multi-Agent Systems in the Cloud 🚀 Hey there, tech enthusiasts! Ever built an AI agent demo that worked like a charm, only to see it crumble under pressure in the real world? You’re not alone. Sandeep Bharadwaj, an AI/ML engineer with over 15 years of experience, dives deep into the trenches of building production-grade multi-agent systems in the cloud, sharing the hard-won lessons and the architectural shifts needed to move beyond promising prototypes. ...

April 23, 2026 · 7 min

Securing Multi-Cloud APIs Against Quantum Threats | Rajasingh Gandhi Ramdas | Conf42 Cloud 2026

Presenters Rajasingh Gandhi Ramdas Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🚀 Quantum-Proofing the Cloud: Securing Multi-Cloud APIs for the Post-Quantum Era The digital landscape is shifting beneath our feet. While we build faster, more interconnected multi-cloud environments, a silent threat matures in the background: Quantum Computing. At the recent Con 42 Cloud Native 2026 session, Rajasingh Gandhi Ramdas, Senior Technical Architect at IBM, delivered a wake-up call to the tech world. He specializes in turning high-level digital strategy into operational reality, and his message was clear: the encryption we trust today has an expiration date. ...

April 23, 2026 · 4 min

AI Risk Assessment for Cloud-Native SMBs | Vaishali Mahavratayajula | Conf42 Cloud 2026

Presenters Vaishali Mahavratayajula Source Conf42 Cloud 2026 🚀 Democratizing Cybersecurity: Why Your Small Business Needs a SOC in Your Pocket In the world of big tech, cybersecurity is a titan. Large corporations employ massive teams, deploy sophisticated DevSecOps pipelines, and spend millions to fortify their perimeters. But what about the small-scale business owner? What about the entrepreneur running a Shopify store, managing Instagram automations, and handling payments through third-party processors? ...

April 23, 2026 · 4 min