Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 59 minutes ago
(Ben Taylor) At the start of 2026 I decided I wanted to build my own Coding Agent. The goal was to build the tool that would let me do the work of a Software Engineer, but without reading the code. It's a Python codebase that I've never read, and I never intend to read. By building it I've learned some things about doing serious engineering, without reading code.
With AI we're writing more code than ever, and more and more non-Engineers are involved in building with code. It is increasingly unsustainable for a human to read and review every line of code. Even if we do human review, the volume is so large and the context is totally gone - we can't expect them to do a good job. So how can we feel safe? What techniques do we need to apply? What technologies do we build? How do we Engineer in a world where we no longer read code?
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/X9MRPY/
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Fri Aug 28 12:05:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
(Ben Taylor) At the start of 2026 I decided I wanted to build my own Coding Agent. The goal was to build the tool that would let me do the work of a Software Engineer, but without reading the code. It's a Python codebase that I've never read, and I never intend to read. By building it I've learned some things about doing serious engineering, without reading code.
With AI we're writing more code than ever, and more and more non-Engineers are involved in building with code. It is increasingly unsustainable for a human to read and review every line of code. Even if we do human review, the volume is so large and the context is totally gone - we can't expect them to do a good job. So how can we feel safe? What techniques do we need to apply? What technologies do we build? How do we Engineer in a world where we no longer read code?
https://2026.pycon.org.au/schedule/X9MRPY/
python, pycon, australia, programming, conference, technical, developers, panel, sessions, libraries, frameworks, community, sysadmins, students, education, data, science
Videos licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0
PyCon AU is the national conference for the Python programming community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers, sysadmins and operations folk, students, educators, scientists, statisticians, and many others besides, all with a love for working with Python.
Licensed as CC BY-NC-SA - creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Produced by Next Day Video Australia: https://nextdayvideo.com.au
Fri Aug 28 12:05:00 2026 AEST (UTC+10) at Ballroom 3
