The Craft in the Machine

AI can generate code, skills, agents, and workflows in moments—but how do we make the results effective and dependable? This talk applies familiar codecraft principles—including simplicity, emergent design, triangulation, and composition—to the way we work with AI. Through practical examples, discover how disciplined software craftsmanship can turn AI from an impressive demo into a reliable collaborator.

Stephen Kuo is a technical team builder, Software Crafter, and accomplished Extreme Programming developer who helps individuals, teams, and organizations solve difficult technical and cultural problems. He has led enterprise transformations from quarterly monolithic releases to cloud-based microservices delivered on demand, while building adaptive, empowered teams ranging from 4 to 60 developers. His hands-on experience spans mobile, back-end, cloud, and microservice systems across industries including healthcare, telecom, gaming, finance, academia, automotive, security, retail, and entertainment. An international speaker and founder of KataCulture, Stephen focuses on deliberate practice, software craftsmanship, team formation, test-driven development, design patterns, DevOps, microservices, and adaptive approaches such as FaST Agile.

We are a dedicated group of coding professionals that strive to learn and get better at our trade. We have monthly virtual talks on a range of different topics.

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Zoom meeting opens around 9:30 AM PT
Zoom Presentation starts at 10:00 AM PT