System Architecture and Design

Presenters Kitaborovskis Sizzy Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Hey, tech enthusiasts and productivity hackers! Ever feel like you’re wrestling with your to-do list more than actually doing things? You’re definitely not alone. Our speaker, K, recently celebrated his 34th birthday by sharing his incredible, decades-long journey through the chaotic, frustrating, and ultimately inspiring world of productivity and personal AI agents. Get ready for a wild ride! The Relentless Pursuit of Productivity: A Personal Odyssey 🚀 K’s quest began at the tender age of 10, when he created his very first to-do list in a notebook. Since then, he has been in a constant struggle to conquer productivity, always feeling dissatisfied with existing solutions. “Is anyone else forever unhappy with to-do apps?” he asked, and a resounding chorus of agreement confirmed his shared pain. From the early days of Todoist and similar apps, K felt a deep need for something more. ...

Presenters Gergely Orosz Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Token Maximizing: The New (and Bizarre) Metric in Big Tech 🤯 Ever feel like you’re drowning in metrics? Well, buckle up, because the tech world has a new, and frankly, wild one: token maximizing. Gergely Orosz, the brilliant mind behind The Pragmatic Engineer, dropped some serious insights on this phenomenon, and it’s a story that’s both hilarious and a little bit terrifying. ...

Presenters Tuomas Artman Gergely Orosz Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 🚀 Beyond the Feature Factory: Why AI Makes “Taste” the Ultimate Competitive Advantage In a world where AI can generate code in seconds, the biggest risk to software isn’t moving too slowly—it’s moving too fast in the wrong direction. 📉 In a recent conversation between Tuomas Artman (Co-founder of Linear) and Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer), the duo explored how the “shipping frenzy” triggered by AI agents might actually be degrading the quality of modern software. They dive deep into how Linear maintains its legendary quality bar and why the future of engineering belongs to those who think like product owners. ...

Presenters Malte Ubl Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 The Rise of the AI Engineer: Building the Future of Software 🚀 We are currently witnessing one of the most significant shifts in the history of technology. As Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, recently shared at the AI Engineer Conference in Europe, we aren’t just witnessing a trend—we are participating in the legitimate successor to web development. As software engineering faces unprecedented disruption, we are moving into an era where agents are both the builders and the users of our infrastructure. Here is how we navigate this new frontier. ...

Presenters Sunil Pai Source AI Engineer Europe 2026 Beyond Tool Calls: Unleashing the Power of Code Generation with AI 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever felt the frustration of AI struggling with complex tasks, especially when dealing with a multitude of services and tools? Sunil Pai, from Cloudflare and creator of PartyKit, dives deep into a revolutionary approach that’s changing the game: code generation. Forget the clunky JSON back-and-forth; Sunil introduces us to a world where AI writes code to get things done, unlocking unprecedented efficiency and flexibility. ...