AI Native Dev Amsterdam: From Writing Code to Guiding Agents

AI is changing how software gets built, and the developer's role along with it. Join the AI Native Dev community in Amsterdam for an evening exploring what software engineering looks like when developers spend less time writing every line of code and more time guiding AI agents. You'll hear how one team runs an internal agentic engine in production, and why agent skills deserve the same rigour we've spent decades applying to code. Expect practical technical talks, lessons from teams building with AI today, and plenty of time to meet other developers working through the same shift. If you're at the HumanX event, this is the perfect after-party. Kindly hosted by the awesome folks at Picnic. Agenda Skills are the new Code A developer's job has moved from writing code to guiding agents, and skills (or context) are now their main tool. As agentic development takes hold, agent skills are becoming our unit of software, but we're not treating them that way. In this session, I'll make the case that agent skills deserve the same rigour we've spent decades applying to code. Crafted with intention. Tested against real behaviour. Versioned and maintained in step with the project around them. Treating skills as an afterthought isn't just technical debt, it's the difference between AI that ships and AI that drifts. Guy Podjarny, Founder and CEO of Tessl Guy Podjarny is the founder of Tessl, and previously founded Snyk. Tessl is reimagining software development for the AI era, helping shape AI Native Development. Snyk created and leads the Developer Security category, and is now a multi-billion dollar company with over 1,000 employees. Guy was previously CTO at Akamai (following its acquisition of his first startup), is an active angel investor, and co-hosts of the AI Native Dev podcast. From Output to Engine: How Picnic Operates Agentic Workflows It’s easy to experiment with AI agents, but the real challenge is making them do actual, reliable work. Achieving the vision of a "Dark Factory", where workflows execute reliably with minimal human intervention, requires a fundamental shift in how engineering teams operate: we have to stop manually patching individual outputs and start iterating on the machine itself. In this session, I'll share how Picnic operates an internal agentic engine to build systems that power our production environment. Beyond just the technical implementation of learning frameworks and self-correcting loops, we'll look at how to get your teams on board and make these automated workflows a normal part of daily engineering. I'll share practical steps your team can take right now to prepare and show you exactly how this engine operates with an accelerated look at one of our agentic workflows. Jasper Stein, Tech Lead at Picnic Jasper Stein is a Tech Lead at Picnic Technologies, having previously led software engineering at several start- and scale-ups. Picnic is reimagining grocery delivery for millions of customers across European countries. Currently building and leading multiple teams at Picnic, Jasper is helping integrate AI into production workflows across the software development lifecycle. Dedicated to high-quality software and scalable architecture, he also channels his focus and endurance into running marathons. This event is brought to you as part of the AI Native Dev Community. Consider subscribing to the Mailing List, Podcast, and joining our Discord Community