The Best Engineer in the Room Doesn’t Write Code

As AI coding tools evolve from session-based assistants into always-on agents, the role of the engineer is changing. In this talk, Emilie Schario explores what it means to build software with agents that can act, follow up, and carry work forward without waiting to be prompted at every step.

She’ll cover what OpenClaw got right, where it falls short, and how Kilo is closing the gap with KiloClaw — along with what this shift means for the future of how software gets built.