Kara Silverman

Look at tomorrow's track list and count the rooms that have absolutely nothing to do with engineering. Go ahead, I'll wait. Thursday’s schedule is running 12 parallel tracks. The AI in Healthcare, AI in Finance, and AI in GTM are brand new this year. On top of that, there are entirely dedicated audiences for founders, researchers, and data buyers. Trust me, that is not a scheduling decision. That is a deliberate segmentation decision that reflects where this industry is headed.

In an industry currently swept up in the hype of AI coding agents, Micah Wilde, principal engineer at Cloudflare, offers a sobering reality check. Wilde is leading the development of a new suite of data platform products and has a front-row seat to both the power and the limitations of generative AI.

I was taking a break from the AIE Workshops on Monday and stepped out by the food stands to check out the crepes. That's when I saw a line literally wrapping the entire length of the Moscone West windows looking out onto Fourth Street. I couldn't imagine what a several-hundred-person line was for, and when I went to ask, they told me it was for the Context Engineering Workshop. That sent me down a rabbit hole exploring and understanding and learning. So now, for you, I will share what I got.