Writing Code Is the Easy Part (Now). Let's Talk About Everything Else.

// About the talk

With Claude and Copilot, anyone can throw a for-loop and feel productive. But here's what the vendor pitch doesn't mention: 80% of development time has nothing to do with writing code. It's about understanding context, planning, reviewing PRs, and documenting things no one ever writes. That's where AI becomes a real force multiplier - if you know how to use it. This talk shares what we built at Imagen AI: what worked, what failed, and what I'd do differently.

// What your team walks away with

• 01The 80/20 of development time - and where AI actually multiplies output, not where you think
• 02Pull Request Genie: an agent that reads the diff, understands the codebase, and flags what matters - before you touch it
• 03Test Scans: forget chasing 100% coverage - finding which tests are actually worth your team's time
• 04Legacy Code Docs: old code that documents itself automatically, without asking whoever already left

// Who this talk is for

• 01Engineering teams using AI tools who aren't seeing the ROI they expected
• 02Engineering managers and VP R&D who want real frameworks, not vendor pitches
• 03Anyone who's heard about AI agents and wants to know what they actually look like in practice