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My takeaways from AI Engineer Paris 2026
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My takeaways from AI Engineer Paris 2026

Software factories, agent security, observability, RL environments… My take on two days of talks at AI Engineer Paris, grouped into four big themes, and what I'm taking away from it as a developer.

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On the agenda
01 Introduction
02 Theme one: software factories, but not 100%
03 Theme two: security goes through the tools, not the prompt
04 Theme three: the model is (probably) innocent
05 Theme four: measure before you optimize
06 The off-track talks
07 Stepping back: two clocks
08 What I'm taking away as a developer
09 Conclusion
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