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Presenters Armin Ronacher Cristina Poncela Cubeiro Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Embrace the Friction: Steering AI Agents in Software Development 🚀💡 “Ship without friction.” Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? A smooth, unhindered path from idea to deployment. But what if that frictionless journey secretly leads to a cliff edge? That’s the intriguing question Armin Ronacher, a software development veteran with 20 years in the open-source space (and creator of the Python framework Flask!), and Cristina Poncela Cubeiro, a self-described “native AI engineer,” challenged us with. Their message is clear: in the age of AI agents, we need to add a little bit of friction back into our development process. ...

Presenters Ryan Lopopolo Vibhu Sapra Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Harness Engineering: Building Software with Humans Steering and Agents Executing 🚀 The world of software development is undergoing a seismic shift, and at the forefront of this revolution is Ryan Lopopolo, a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI. For the past nine months, Ryan has been living and breathing a new paradigm: building software exclusively with agents. He’s a self-proclaimed “token billionaire,” not in the financial sense, but in his belief that everyone should have access to the power of AI models to accomplish complex tasks. ...

Presenters Mario Zechner Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 🚀 Beyond the Slop: Why I Built Pi and Why We Need to Slow Down Hey there, I’m Mario Zechner. Recently, I’ve been wearing a t-shirt covered in paid ad space to raise money for charity, but when I’m not being a human billboard, I’m thinking about the “tragedy” of modern AI development. We are currently living in a world of slop, and I’m here to tell you how I built Pi to escape it. ...

Presenters Yutaka Obuchi Source KeycloakCon Europe 2026 Unlocking Enterprise AI: How Keycloak and ID Jot Streamline Authorization 🚀 In today’s increasingly complex digital landscape, enterprises are leveraging AI agents to automate tasks and interact with a multitude of tools. But how do we ensure these agents have secure and efficient access to the resources they need, especially within the strict confines of an enterprise environment? Yutaka Obuchi, a dedicated Keycloak contributor and software engineer at Hitachi, dives deep into this critical question, exploring the challenges and presenting an elegant solution using Keycloak and the emerging ID Jot standard. ...

Presenters Bernhard Denner Source KeycloakCon Europe 2026 Securing the Rails: Hitachi Rail’s Journey to Next-Gen Cybersecurity with Keycloak 🚂🔒 Ever wondered how the intricate systems that power our global railways stay secure in an increasingly complex digital landscape? Bernhard Denner from Hitachi Rail recently pulled back the curtain, sharing a fascinating look into how they leverage Keycloak to meet stringent cybersecurity demands for their safety-critical and mission-critical solutions. Get ready for an inside track on securing the future of rail! ...