Codesmith
Hard Parts of Agentic Engineering
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Navigate the blend of autonomous AI coding and intentional engineering oversight
Key Takeaways
By participating along with us in the workshop, you'll learn:
- Understand how coding agents (like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini CLI) can iteratively run and fix code, producing software that demonstrably works.
- Focus on tradeoffs and requirements while defining what to build, rather than writing code
- Improve agents over time by updating instructions and tool harnesses
- Take on more ambitious projects while producing higher-quality output
- Learn the evolving discipline by deliberately collecting and refining the patterns that work today
Is This Workshop for Me?
This workshop is for software engineers of all levels who have experience working with coding agents like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, or Gemini.
Workshop Details
Agentic engineering is the practice of building software in collaboration with AI coding agents that generate and execute code in a loop until a specified goal is met. The defining capability is code execution. Without it the LLM output is limited, but with it, agents can iterate until the software actually works. Rather than replacing software engineers, this shifts their focus toward the higher-order craft of determining what to build, specifying problems at the right level of detail, and verifying that results are robust and credible. Developers who harness coding agents effectively can become significantly more ambitious and productive, delivering more impactful software than they could alone.
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Hard Parts of Agentic Engineering
Event Details
What
- One Full Day Workshop Session
- Replay Videos (available immediately)
When
- June 9, 2026 - 9:30am to 4:30pm Central Daylight Time
Where
- Option 1: Attend online on our full HD live stream
- Option 2: Attend in-person at HQ in Minneapolis, MN
Daily Schedule
- 9:30AMComing Soon!
Your (Awesome) Instructor
Will Sentance
Will Sentance is the founder at Codesmith - a software engineering and machine learning tech residency with 5000+ graduates founding startups and working at organizations from OpenAI, Google, Kaiser Permanente and the UN. He is a Visiting Fellow working on AI at Oxford University, creator of the Hard Parts courses and of Icecomm, a developer platform for P2P video and data communication. Will graduated from Oxford University and Harvard University.
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