AI hates legacy code.

AI coding agents feel like magic... right up until they collide with production code.

For teams maintaining legacy systems, these agents often hallucinate APIs, run off on tangents, and shatter trust faster than an unreviewed hotfix at 5pm.

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What is happening in the world of AI native development today?

The NOW track at DevCon (happening in NYC on Nov 18-19) is all about AI development patterns that are seen today.

These are builders who've already solved the problems you're probably hitting right now.

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
🎫 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

Use the discount code AIND-X-50 to get 50% off your tickets:

From endless tool lists to meaningful rankings, Alan Pope, Developer Advocate at Tessl, Simon Maple on AI Native Dev to unpack what defines ‘good’ in an open ecosystem and the tools that have helped him replace manual effort.

They also dive into how his process has evolved from vibe coding to structured prompting, and why clarity and verbosity have become the new precision in agent interactions.

Catch their full conversation now. Links in the comments.

At the AI Native DevCon, you'll find workshops with practitioners who are deep in the weeds:

Bring your dev environments, and let's learn together.

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
🎫 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬-𝐢𝐧-𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞.

These are live demos from the people building the future of developer tooling. See how real teams are using these tools to go from prototype to production — and learn how to do it yourself.

Every session is code-on-screen, showing real use cases. If you’re building with or for devs, this is the track you don’t skip.

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
👉 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

The NOW track at DevCon - this is the stuff that actually works today. Not demos. Not beta waitlists. Production-ready.

This isn't about what's coming. It's about what's working right now that you can use Monday morning.

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
🎫 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐂𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝.

These aren't demos. This is hands-on time with practitioners who are building the AI dev stack right now.

These are working sessions. Bring your dev environment. 💻

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
🎫 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

#AINDCon

The Edge track at AI Native DevCon is about emerging ideas in AI development that aren't fully polished yet.

It's about the stuff devs are actively figuring out right now...

Here are a few must-attend sessions we're particularly excited about. Check image alt-tags for details!

These are practitioners working through problems that don't have established solutions yet.

📍 DevCon is November 18-19th in NYC.
👉 Tickets and full lineup: https://ainativedev.co/mw4

Every AI model claims to be "the best at coding" but there's a huge gap between benchmarks and reality.

Adam Larson spent 2024-25 building custom tools to test these claims.

Nov 19 at DevCon NYC, Adam will share what actually matters when choosing AI coding tools — beyond the hype.

👉 Register at: https://ainativedev.co/px8

AI Native DevCon is back, and bigger than ever!

Join us Nov 18–19 in New York (and online) for two action packed days of conference sessions and hands-on workshops for developers building with and for AI.

Expect deep dives, live demos, and unfiltered conversations on how AI is reshaping the craft of software development, from agentic systems and specs to review workflows and human-in-the-loop design.

Head over to http://ainativedev.io/devcon to see the full line up!