Industry leaders from GitHub, Airbnb, and Jumio discuss the impact of GenAI tools on developer productivity, exploring AI's evolving role in engineering, overcoming friction points, AI-driven chat assistants reshaping workflows, and the vision for coding.

Idan Gazit, Senior Director of Research at GitHub Next, talks about exploring strategic technologies, ML focus at GitHub Next, challenges of evaluating the impact of AI products, journey into AI space, testing AI products in smaller organizations, and the future of AI interfaces.

Matt Rothenberg and Idan Gazit from GitHub Next share their insights on the innovative world of GitHub Copilot and AI-driven tools. With a focus on design, front-end engineering, and full-stack expertise, they discuss the rapid rise of Copilot and the future of developers in an AI-integrated landscape. The duo delves into the importance of effective collaboration and prompts, revealing how AI can augment rather than replace coding skills. They also explore their love for customizable mechanical keyboards and highlight favorite developer tools.