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Feb 11, 2026 / San Francisco, CA

The Pragmatic Summit 2026 recap

Relive the 2026 conference through this one minute compilation. See you in 2027!

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Speakers on stage at The Pragmatic Summit 2026

Main Stage

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Message from Gergely

Find out why the author of The Pragmatic Engineer, the world's most-read engineering newsletter, created The Pragmatic Summit.

Gergely Orosz, Author / The Pragmatic Engineer
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Main stage session with Vijaye Raji (OpenAI) and Tibo Sottiaux (Codex)
How AI is Reshaping the Craft of Building Software

A grounded conversation on how AI coding tools are impacting developer workflows and the future of software development with AI agents.

Vijaye Raji, CTO of Applications / OpenAITibo Sottiaux, Head of Engineering / CodexGergeley Orosz, Author / The Pragmatic Engineer
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Main stage session with Laura Tacho (DX)
Data vs. Hype: How Orgs Actually Win with AI

An inside look at how engineering teams are using AI coding tools today. What the data reveals about adoption versus transformation, and why outcomes vary so widely across companies.

Laura Tacho, CTO / DX
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Main stage session with Thomas Dohmke (Entire) and Gergely Orosz (The Prag Eng)
What's Next: Building World-Class Engineering Orgs in the Age of AI

A grounded conversation on how AI coding tools are impacting developer workflows. This fireside chat covers why velocity is a competitive advantage, where the bottlenecks to AI-generated production code sit, and the future of coding with AI agents.

Rajeev Rajan, CTO / AtlassianThomas Dohmke, Co-Founder & CEO / EntireGergely Orosz, Author / The Pragmatic Engineer
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Closing thoughts from Gergely Orosz (The Prag Eng)
Closing Thoughts

Closing thoughts from Gergely.

Gergely Orosz, Author / The Pragmatic Engineer
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Breakouts: Lessons from Building...

Breakout session with Cursor
Lessons from Building Cursor

The creators of ByteByteGo sit down with Sualeh to discuss the system design and engineering decisions behind building Cursor.

Sualeh Asif, Co-Founder / CursorAlex Xu, Author & Co-Founder / ByteByteGoSahn Lam, Author & Co-Founder / ByteByteGo
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Breakout session with Vercel
Lessons from Building Vercel

An in-depth look at how Vercel’s v0 evolved over time, and the engineering story behind building the d0 agent.

Malte Ubi, CTO / VercelSteve Huynh, Creator of A Life Engineered
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Breakout session with Ramp
Lessons from Building a New AI Product at Ramp

How Ramp turned an internal experiment into its Policy Agent, and what it took to make it production ready.

Nik Koblov, EVP of Engineering / RampIan Tracey, Staff Software Engineering, Applied AI / RampVeeral Patel, Director, Applied AI & Spend / RampWill Koh, Staff Engineer, Applied AI / Ramp
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Breakouts: Frameworks for...

Breakout session on reinventing software
Frameworks for Reinventing Software -- Again and Again

Martin and Kent revisit past step changes in software engineering, and the mistakes engineers keep repeating today.

Martin Fowler, Author, RefactoringKent Beck, AuthorGergely Orosz, Author, The Pragmatic Engineer
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Breakout session on engineering practices
Frameworks for ICs: Engineering Practices that Make Coding Agents Work

Simon explains how he works with coding agents, grounded in hands-on experience.

Simin Willison, Open Source DeveloperMarcos Arribas, VP of Engineering / Statsig
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Breakout session on building AI systems
Building When It Feels Like There's Nothing Left to Build

Chip walks through how to move from AI product decisions to building and running AI systems in production.

Chip Huyen, Building at Stealth
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Breakouts: Leading...

Breakout session on product engineering
Leading Product Engineering Teams in an AI-native World

Why product engineering matters more today, and which skills leaders should look for in an AI-native world.

Michelle Lim, Co-Founder / FlintTuomas Artman, Co-Founder / LinearDrew Hoskins, Staff PM / Temporal TechnologiesMargaret-Ann Seger, VP of Product / Statsig
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Breakout session with TBD
Leading High-performing Engineering Teams in the Age of AI

Nicole discusses what enables high-performing engineering teams, and how those conditions shift as AI enters everyday workflows.

Nicole Forsgren, Author, FrictionlessGergely Orosz, Author, The Pragmatic Engineer
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Breakout session with Uber
Leading Engineering Through the Build-Out of Uber's Agentic Shift: From Tools to Culture

How Uber is building an agentic culture across its engineering organization.

Ty Smith, Pricipal Engineer / UberAnshu Chadha, Director of Engineering / Uber
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Speakers
Gergely Orosz headshot
Gergely OroszAuthor, The Pragmatic Engineer
Tibo Sottiaux headshot
Tibo SottiauxHead of Engineering, Codex
Thomas Dohmke headshot
Thomas DohmkeCofounder, Entire former CEO, GitHub
Laura Tacho headshot
Laura TachoDeveloper Experience, AWS former CTO, DX
Chip Huyen headshot
Chip HuyenAuthor, AI Engineering
Kent Beck headshot
Kent BeckAuthor and industry legend
Tuomas Artman headshot
Tuomas ArtmanCo-founder and CTO, Linear
Nicole Forsgren headshot
Nicole ForsgrenAuthor of Accelerate & Frictionless Founder, DORA
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