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Welcome to AI Engineer World's Fair 2026
Ten years ago, at a conference very much like this one, I began my developer writing career on DEV because of a writing challenge they inspired.
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Coding Agents Play Favorites With Your Dependencies
Deep into a coding session, you realize you want beta testers to try some new functionality first. You ask your agent to add feature flagging to your app. The article explores how AI agents make dependency recommendations with potential bias.
Pragmatism in an Age of Infinite Code and Unavoidable Bottlenecks
AI has fundamentally changed software development's capacity for code generation, yet real-world delivery remains constrained by complex, human-centric factors: decision-makers needing consensus, cross-team collaboration, the friction of merging conflicting ideas.
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The AI Engineer World's Fair Spreads Globally
It has been less than three years since Shawn 'swyx' Wang coined the term AI engineer in an open letter to the community, but this week thousands of engineers are converging on San Francisco for the now-annual AI Engineer World's Fair.
What to Expect at the AI Engineer World's Fair 2026
The AI Engineer World's Fair returns to Moscone West in San Francisco from June 28 through July 2, 2026. It is the largest technical AI conference in the world, with 29 tracks, more than 400 sessions, 100-plus expo partners, and thousands of AI engineers, founders, and VPs of AI in one building.
For AI Coding, the Kids Are Alright
The AI Engineer World's Fair brought together young learners for a special Kids Day event. Approximately 87 children between ages eight and 16 gathered in San Francisco to explore coding and game development using artificial intelligence tools.
Two-Day Hackathon Kicks Off AI Engineer World's Fair
The AI Engineer World's Fair officially launched with an accompanying two-day hackathon offering $35,000 in prizes and credits. Teams worked to develop AI-powered apps capable of learning and improving with minimal human guidance.
You're Not Really That Far Behind
Despite the rapid pace of AI development over the past three years, we're still in the earliest stages of widespread adoption. Software engineers attending the AI Engineer World's Fair represent the vanguard of this transformation.
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