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If 90% of code is now AI-generated, what happens to the engineers who never had to write it themselves? The ability to review code well, to catch what the LLM missed, depends on mental models that only come from practice. That tension sits at the center of this conversation.

AI coding agents write code faster than your pipeline can catch mistakes. What if the agent could validate against CI before you ever push? In this 5-minute demo, we set up CircleCI's Chunk CLI and run a microbuild using Chunk sidecars, secure Linux microVMs that spin up in ~1 second in your CircleCI account, mirror your working directory (no git push required), and give your agent CI-grade feedback while it's still in context.

Cloud killed the overprovisioned server rack. Agents might do the same thing for engineering teams.

Your engineers don't suddenly become less valuable because they hit a token cap.

Most teams obsessing over token costs are measuring the wrong thing. The real savings from AI aren't in lines of code written faster. They're in the coordination overhead that disappears when fewer humans need to align before anything gets built. Chris Kelly, Head of Product at Augment Code, joins Rob to cover why prototypes have replaced specs, how agents enable dynamic team capacity the way cloud replaced over-provisioned servers, and what "good code" even means when your primary reader is an LLM. In this episode.

Did you know Chunk can analyze your entire codebase and open a PR with accurate, up-to-date documentation?

AI coding assistants help you ship features fast, but documentation almost never keeps up. In this Ship Smarter session, we'll show you how CircleCI's Chunk autonomous CI/CD agent automatically analyzes your codebase, identifies documentation gaps, and opens a pull request with improvements. No manual writing required. In this video.

Fast, pre-configured environments that bring validation and feedback into the inner loop in 60 seconds or less.

From failing pipeline → fixed PR Here's how Chunk analyzes logs, finds real bugs, and ships working fixes automatically.

Getting leadership to greenlight your technical work isn't about having the right answer, it's about speaking the right language. CircleCI CTO Rob Zuber shares the frameworks he's developed over 12 years for translating engineering priorities into business impact, navigating organizational dynamics, and building the relationships that make buy-in happen before you ever enter the room.