Meet Shai Ben Shalom, Senior Software Engineer at Torque (ex-Microsoft)

Theme: AI-Assisted Enterprise Coding (and hackathons...)

Highlights from the conversation:

• Your job just changed completely: Developers are becoming "mini-architects" instead of code writers. AI writes the code now, but you need to focus on security, scalability, and system design to make it production-ready.
• Put everything in Git for smarter AI: Keep all docs and code in one place so AI agents can understand your full project. Shai uses specialized agents for code reviews and testing that know the entire codebase context.
• Platform engineering makes you unstoppable: Learning the full stack from Kubernetes to databases eliminates dependencies. You can deploy and fix anything without waiting for other teams to help you.
• The gap isn't technical anymore, it's imagination: APIs and tools are ready - the question is how creative you can get with what problems to solve. From natural language database queries to AI troubleshooting your infrastructure.

Enjoy!

Meet Moshik Shir - Principal Program Manager for Startups and Software Development at Microsoft, working across EMEA with 25+ years in tech, covering everything from VoIP pioneers to Azure resilience engineering, in a conversation about AI-Assisted Enterprise Coding.

Highlights from the conversation:

Context is everything - developers who are good at giving AI detailed, specific information become huge fans of AI coding. Those who give vague prompts end up thinking AI sucks. Context management is a skill you can learn and it makes all the difference.

AI agents talking to other AI agents - we're moving from humans using AI to AI agents working together. One agent books your flight while another handles your hotel. This will completely change how companies handle support and knowledge management.

Microsoft's winning combo - GitHub Copilot for coding + Microsoft Research (like Perplexity) for starting new projects + Teams Copilot for meeting notes. Using the research tool with Copilot together is especially powerful when kicking off new work.

Learn two things, not just one - being super specialized in one area is risky now. Build skills in two domains (like tech + business, or frontend + AI) so you can adapt when AI changes your job.

Copilot is everywhere at Microsoft - it works in Excel, Teams, Azure, VS Code - basically everything. People use it for finding old files, prepping for customer meetings, and getting meeting summaries without needing an assistant.

Enjoy!

Meet Kieran Llarena - a hacker, startup/community founder, Capital One intern, and co-founder @ Filipino Americans!

In this episode, we talked about AI-assisted enterprise coding. Context management is one of the most critical keys to success when working with AI (LLMs) - and in this episode, Kieran shared his experiences and best practices.

We dove into his favorite tools and why Kieran loves them. Here are some of the tech we talked about:
https://www.warp.dev/
https://www.trynia.ai/
https://zed.dev/
https://www.diabrowser.com/

We also discussed why hackathons are unparalleled when it comes to exploring new game-changing technologies!

Enjoy!