Maggie Appleton

The talk argues that the current trend of scaling individual developer productivity with AI agents overlooks the inherently collaborative nature of software development. While AI can rapidly implement code, the critical bottleneck has shifted to aligning on *what* to build. Existing tools are ill-equipped for this new paradigm, leading to wasted effort and misaligned projects. The proposed solution involves creating shared, intelligent environments where teams can collaborate on planning and development alongside AI agents.