React Summit

React Summit 2026

Ben Brandt

Friends Don’t Let Friends Agent Alone

TechLead Conference

TechLead Conf Amsterdam 2026: Adopting AI in Orgs Edition

<p>This talk is about what gets unlocked when engineers pair with each other and an agent, instead of disappearing into silos with one human and one machine. We never paired to type. We paired to stay aligned, challenge assumptions, and make better decisions together. When code gets cheap to produce, the human collaboration layer matters more, not less. We'll explore what effective human+agent collaboration actually looks like in practice and you'll leave with a framework for keeping teams aligned without slowing them down. <br /><br /></p>