GDG Cloud Southlake #45: Patrick Debois: The Impact of GenAI on Development and SDLC

Title: 

The impact of genAI on development and the SDLC

Abstract:

Development is experiencing a new phase of automation, similar to what we saw with DevOps. Numerous new tools are emerging, and it can be challenging to keep up with them. These tools, many empowered by agentic AI, are leading to new practices, and understanding the patterns of these practices will help you navigate the space of AI Native Development.

Bio:

Patrick is a true pioneer—credited with coining the term DevOps, co-authoring the DevOps Handbook, and launching the very first DevOpsDays back in 2009. Since then, he’s been shaping the tech industry with his unmatched ability to bring development, operations, and now GenAI together in truly transformative ways.

Here’s why you don’t want to miss this:

🔹 Independent consultant at the cutting edge of GenAI and DevOps

🔹 Fractional CTO, advisor, and workshop leader

🔹 Former VP of Engineering, Distinguished Engineer, CTO

🔹 Guided teams at industry giants like Atlassian and Snyk

🔹 Active speaker, community builder, and lifelong learner

Patrick is all about raising the bar—helping companies embed engineering rigour into their GenAI journeys, inspiring teams to embrace AI for automation, and advising GenAI platforms on how to truly deliver value. He bridges the gap between management and engineering with a rare mix of deep tech expertise and people-first thinking.

💬 Ready to hear where the future of DevOps, GenAI, and software delivery is headed? This is your chance.

1. The Impact of GenAI on Development & SDLC (*)
@patrickdeboisGDG Edition (*) It might not be what you think

2. AI Tech evolution

3. landscape.ainativedev.io

4. No
Automation
Driver
Assistance
Partial
Automation
Conditional
Automation
High
Automation
Full
Automation
Towards full Autonomy
Tesla - Autonomous driving model

5. new tech
brings
new roles
Everyone’s an expert
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eordax_ai-genai-business-activity-7235689643315212288-dRag/

6. Who am I
•Patrick Debois
•Independent Industry Advisor
•Dev,Sec,Ops | now Engineering with AI
•Inspiring Engineering: Talks ,
Workshops , fractional CTO
•Curator https://ainativedev.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdebois/

7. Cloud Native
AI Native
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/linasbeliunas_tech-companies-adding-ai-to-everything-ugcPost-7254086590770126848-YTd4

8. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ivandj_the-real-numbers-ai-coding-agents-are-already-activity-7348352939779866628-TTcx/?
utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAb-54BhXjIVZC-sLNe5UnuF2hdg0cOmew
Code commits

9. Unbundling tasks
https://platforms.substack.com/p/ai-wont-eat-your-job-but-it-will

10. Still hiring humans ?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-vyacheslav-156273169_this-billboard-was-spotted-
in-downtown-san-activity-7188884403983454208-avYvThe elephant in the room

11. New jobs:
AI Trainers
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/theproductledgeek_not-sure-i-ever-reached-the-status-of-advanced-activity-7247511952661352448-WeJn/
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/outlier

12. Pattern 1 - From producer to manager
@patrickdebois
1

13. Coding time goes up but so do review times -
Cognitive Load
https://linearb.io/resources/measuring-impact-the-genai-code-report

14. Review - Levels of Cognitive Load
diff view
chat view
“what matters” view
@patrickdebois

15. Step by Step breakdown of tasks

16. Diagrams
https://infracopilot.io/

17. Codecast
https://jules.google/

18. Adapt to
enduser
Mental
Model
https://moldabledevelopment.com/

19. Agents
vibe coding
a review app ?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/igormoochnick_%F0%9D%97%A3%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%98%83%F0%9D%97%B2-%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%98%80-
%F0%9D%98%84%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B8%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B4-%F0%9D%97%A7%F0%9D%97%B5-activity-7347598625151094784-X-
Bz

20. Aider
Auto-commit
https://aider.chat/

21. Generation checkpoints

22. Async notifications

23. Status
Updates
please !
https://steipete.me/posts/command-your-claude-code-army-reloaded

24. AI, can’t touch this

25. https://docs.arcade.dev/home/auth/how-arcade-helps

26. Tasks & Costs

27. https://mattwie.se/no-sleep-till-agi
A day in the life
of the AI Native
Developer

28. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rafaelknuth_i-hate-coding-with-ai-its-boring-and-makes-activity-7364318641779048451-WG4K?
utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAb-54BhXjIVZC-sLNe5UnuF2hdg0cOmew
Boring !

29. https://joshuavaldez.com/the-unbearable-slowness-of-ai-coding/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44976437

30. https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-013_d9b45b68-9e74-42d6-a1c6-
c72fb70c7282.pdf
YOLO - Potential complacency
and over-reliance.

31. Future
Post Mortems
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/elenaverna_ai-ugcPost-7174779868679700480-cPcS/

32. https://x.com/madscapital/status/1845879368435761613
We are ALL
Ops now !

33. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erikhermansen_copilot-cursor-agent-
activity-7365454643818057728-UuHv/
The coding
flow

34. 20% automation
80% prepare for failure
Infrastructure
as code
Prevent
Failure
Train failure
situations
CI/CD
Chaos
engineering
Resilient
Engineering
Automate
Monitoring Observability
Detect
Failure
Deal & Predict
failure
Design for
failure
Reduce Cognitive Load
@patrickdebois

35. Pattern 2 : From implementation To intent
@patrickdebois
1
2

36. Cursor rules ~ MDC
https://docs.cursor.com/context/rules

37. The future is here
spec.md

38. Towards intent based coding
https://github.com/githubnext/copilot-workspace-user-manual/blob/main/origins.md
Idan Gazit - Senior Director of Research at Github Next

39. Multi modal specs
•Link designs & mermaid diagrams in
•Figma -> Code / builder.io if structured well
•E2E testing still DOM based, but improving
•~ Coordinates via YOLO models ~ omniparser - Set of Markers
•Precision DOM prompting pointing - Stagewise

40. https://cursor.directory/rules

41. https://github.com/intellectronica/ruler

42. https://agents.md/
Standardization
for Agents

43. Bicameral UX

44. The new code: specs write once, run everywhere - Sean Grove
https://www.youtube.com/live/U-fMsbY-kHY?si=EFnkzlDpOkw7BjWS&t=29432

45. Kiro
https://medium.com/paramtech/ears-the-easy-approach-to-requirements-syntax-
b09597aae31d

46. https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices

47. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielmeppiel_agenticworkflows-ainativedevelopment-githubactions-activity-7366005250589122560-dVDE/?
utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAb-54BhXjIVZC-sLNe5UnuF2hdg0cOmew
Continuous AI

48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOLprPvr-0

49. Specification Centric

50. What the Spec !
•What we want to build - @product
•How it should be build - @design/architecture
•How we’re building it - process/workflow
•Rules, Prompt snippets - ~ mixture of specs and workflow
•Ask agent to write & update those files

51. Task
plan
https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-workspace/

52. https://www.task-master.dev/
Task Management

53. Planning mode
•Architect pattern Aider
•Boomerang Tasks ~ RooCode
•Claude planning to subtasks/subagents
•Taskmaster AI ~ PRD breakdown
•Claude thinking mode : shift-tab
•Sequentially thinking MCP

54. https://www.vibekanban.com/

55. Devin

56. https://www.braidapp.ai/
Program Management

57. https://kisuke.dev/
https://x.com/0xkyon/status/1946660320275304827?s=66&t=JUna5ak0qxLh4_YnIcrlaA
Like a boss ! From your phone
https://remote-code.com/

58. Pattern 3 : From delivery To discovery
@patrickdebois
1
2
3

59. Fast working prototypes
https://lovable.dev/

60. Figma -> Builder -> Lovable
https://www.builder.io/

61. https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383
Continous Prompting ~ Vibe coding

62. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/forrestbrazeal_the-vibes-are-shifting-bullish-on-professional-activity-7364319052128808960--BMk/
Vibers

63. Disposable vs durable
https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/disposable-code-is-here-to-stay

64. https://medium.com/paramtech/ears-the-easy-approach-to-requirements-syntax-b09597aae31d
Kiro

65. https://x.com/simonw/status/1948407932418457968?s=51&t=Di6xR131BlhalYik7OH75A
Spark & bolt.new
https://github.com/features/spark

66. Deal with feedback
Choices
https://v0.dev/

67. A/B Testing websites
https://keak.com/
Auto
Optimize

68. Parallelism Emerging
https://www.youtube.com/live/U-fMsbY-kHY?feature=shared&t=9930

69. https://www.cursor.com/blog/shadow-workspace

70. Remote Merge
https://forum.cursor.com/t/whats-the-rcp-server-option-in-the-beta-settings/89697

71. https://gist.github.com/alper/7035e19ebe40e32be8a94bb2768d6ffe
https://alper.nl/dingen/2025/07/keeping-claude-in-check-with-jujutsu/
https://matthewsanabria.dev/posts/running-jujutsu-with-claude-code-hooks/
Git & JJ
Snapshots
https://jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/tutorial/

72. Git work trees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8RnRuaxee8

73. Create 2 variations of a simple hello world app using Flask and
FastAPI. each in their own environment. Give me the URL of each app
https://github.com/dagger/container-use

74. Multiplayer - Collaboration

75. Agent
deathmatch ?
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ownyourai_ive-watched-what-might-be-the-worlds-first-activity-7343727914246463488-h7Ub/?
utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAAb-54BhXjIVZC-sLNe5UnuF2hdg0cOmew

76. Pattern 4 - From Content To Knowledge
@patrickdebois
1
2
3
4

77. @context
https://docs.continue.dev/customization/context-providers

78. Documentation
https://context7.com/

79. Outdated comments
https://baz.co/changelog

80. Writing Incident Response @Google
https://security.googleblog.com/2024/04/accelerating-incident-response-using.html

81. Open telemetry
https://baz.co/resources/extending-opentelemetry-to-pinpoint-code-elements-our-
journey-to-close-the-gap

82. Turn codebases into lessons
https://shoulder.dev/

83. https://x.com/drew_bent/status/1956039178485162246?s=51&t=Di6xR131BlhalYik7OH75A
Learning

84. Do we still need true understanding?
https://x.com/gfodor/status/1837134501450743828
https://x.com/nickadobos/status/1837226650532204652

85. What is the motivation to learn?
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7242829025146998784

86. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mattrubens_at-roo-code-we-just-hired-someone-to-
review-activity-7362147562146996225-f5Av/
Reviewing
is still a skill
in demand

87. https://hups.com/blog/agile-in-the-age-of-ai
Impact on team level

88. Different way of getting knowledge
https://hups.com/blog/agile-in-the-age-of-ai

89. https://x.com/sudotimar/status/1836041227738747022
Onboarding New devs

90. AX
https://biilmann.blog/articles/introducing-ax/

91. Feature
memory
https://x.com/imrat/status/1830959287784632697

92. Saving
knowledge
https://x.com/cognition_labs/status/1836866705521529330

93. Memory reuse across claude/cursor/agents other tools
https://github.com/alioshr/memory-bank-mcp

94. Shared knowledge across agent , or not !

95. Claude Flow
hive or swarm
https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow

96. Auto
engage
https://x.com/cognition_labs/status/1836866696797401118

97. The emerging new Dev Workflow
https://ainativedev.io/news/how-to-parallelize-ai-coding-agents

98. Multi agent observability
https://www.youtube.com/@indydevdan

99. Bigger & Bolder
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sahar-mor_most-developers-treat-ai-coding-agents-
like-activity-7322274474391670784-Wxxf/

100. Everyone code
https://x.com/karpathy/status/1951577221753094399?s=51&t=Di6xR131BlhalYik7OH75A

101. Four AI Native Dev Patterns
https://ainativedev.io

102. https://sessionize.com/ai-native-devcon-fall-edition-2025
One more thing
In person event NYC



CFP is Open !!

103. https://ainativedev.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdebois/
https://www.youtube.com/@jedi4ever