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QCon AI New York 2025: AI Works, PRs Don't: How AI Is Breaking the SDLC and What To Do About It
Michael Webster, Principal Engineer at CircleCI, presented “AI Works, Pull Requests Don’t: How AI Is Breaking the SDLC and What To Do About It” at QCon AI New York 2025. Webster discussed the impact of AI on the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes at CircleCI.
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QCon AI NY 2025 - Becoming AI-Native without Losing our Minds to Architectural Amnesia
Tracy Bannon's QCon AI NY 2025 talk revealed how the rise of AI agents risks amplifying common architectural failures. She emphasized the distinctions between bots, assistants, and agents, highlighting the need for governance, clear identity controls, and disciplined decision-making to address “agentic debt.” Bannon called for architects to apply foundational principles amid rapid AI adoption.
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QConAI NY 2025 - Designing AI Platforms for Reliability: Tools for Certainty, Agents for Discovery
Aaron Erickson at QCon AI NYC 2025 emphasized treating agentic AI as an engineering challenge, focusing on reliability through the blend of probabilistic and deterministic systems. He argued for clear operational structures to minimize risks and optimize performance, highlighting the importance of specialized agents and deterministic paths to enhance accuracy and control in AI workflows.
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QCon AI New York 2025: AI Platform Scaling at LinkedIn
At QCon AI NY 2025, LinkedIn's Prince Valluri and Karthik Ramgopal unveiled an internal platform for AI agents, prioritizing execution over intelligence. By using structured specifications within a robust orchestration layer, they enhance agent observability and interoperability while ensuring human accountability.
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QCon AI New York 2025: Moving Mountains: Migrating Legacy Code in Weeks instead of Years
David Stein, principal AI engineer at ServiceTitan, presented “Moving Mountains: Migrating Legacy Code in Weeks instead of Years” at QCon AI New York 2025. Stein demonstrated how migrations don’t have to be synonymous to “moving mountains” and introduced the concepts of the Principle of Acceleration and the Assembly Line Pattern.
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OpenAI at QCon AI NYC: Fine Tuning the Enterprise
At QCon AI NYC 2025, Will Hang from OpenAI unveiled Agent RFT—a cutting-edge reinforcement fine-tuning approach for tool-using agents. By optimizing prompts and tasks before model adjustments, Hang showcased effective strategies to enhance decision-making and efficiency, emphasizing a balanced grading system. The session revealed a future where smarter agents reduce latency and improve outcomes.
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QCon AI New York 2025 Schedule Published, Highlights Practical Enterprise AI
The QCon AI New York 2025 schedule is now live for its Dec 16-17 event. Focused on moving AI from PoC to production, the program offers a practical roadmap for senior engineers & tech leaders. It addresses the real-world challenges of building, scaling, and deploying reliable, enterprise-grade AI systems, helping organizations overcome the hurdles of productionizing their AI initiatives.
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QCon AI New York 2025: Program Committee Announced
Meet the QCon AI New York Program Committee, senior software leaders shaping a practical AI conference for engineers building at scale.
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Announcing QCon AI: Focusing on Practical, Scalable AI Implementation for Engineering Teams
QCon AI focuses on practical, real-world AI for senior developers, architects, and engineering leaders. Join us Dec 16-17, 2025, in NYC to learn how teams are building and scaling AI in production—covering MLOps, system reliability, cost optimization, and more. No hype, just actionable insights from those doing the work.