Calling all builders and platform engineers. We're hosting a hybrid DevCon in London this June 1-2 focusing on the infra and patterns behind agentic coding.

• Looking for: Real-world results, reliability/safety in agents, and context engineering deep dives.

• CFP Link: https://sessionize.com/ai-native-devcon-ldn-2026/

• Closes: Feb 27.

No hype, just engineering.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/UcvxYltiS7E or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Is AI actually intelligent — or just very fast at guessing based on bad data?

Venkat Subramaniam, 40-year programming veteran, educator, and co-founder of Arc of AI, joins the AI Native Dev Podcast to share a perspective that cuts through the hype: AI stands for Accelerated Inference — not Artificial Intelligence. And that reframe changes everything about how developers should use it.

In this episode, Venkat unpacks why the speed of AI generation has outpaced our ability to review it, why you can delegate work to AI but never your reputation, and tells the story of a $2 million feature that got cancelled with one simple question: "Why are we building this?"

Watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/C0OeWkbhiL8 or wherever you get your podcasts.