Coding with AI: Easy to Build, Hard to Trust

Schedule Update Because of the Independence Day holiday, this Code4Y'all meetup has been moved to the second Monday of the month. We appreciate your understanding and wish everyone a happy Independence Day to all y'all! As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we send our best wishes for a safe, joyful, and memorable holiday. Thanks for your flexibility. Now, let's review the session details. More People Can Build Software Than Ever. Fewer Can Tell If It Works. For almost seventy years, every time more people could build software, the same thing happened. Each new layer quietly took over the hardest decisions, so the people building on top of it never had to make them, and it made those decisions well. That's how the audience kept widening, safely. AI coding breaks the pattern. It invites the widest audience yet, anyone who can describe what they want. But where every layer before it made the hard decisions well, AI just makes them, unseen and unchecked. More people are building than ever, and fewer can tell whether it will hold up. This talk is about why that happened, and what it would take to widen the audience again and still trust what gets built. I'll build a real app live, and show how you can see what it decided, not just that it runs. It's for engineers, the leads trying to keep them honest, and the founders and operators building without an engineering team. RSVP today and secure your spot! Address: Improving, 10111 Richmond Ave. # 100 · Houston, TX *If you are late or find the doors are locked, call us, knock on the 1st or 2nd window to the left of the entrance, or send us a message.* Join us and be part of a community passionate about learning, sharing, and growing together. See you there! *P.S.* *When you come to Improving, do not forget to say a secret password: "Code4Y'all".*