From Blind Spots to Merged PRs — May Walter (Co-founder/CTO, Hud)

May Walter presents a real customer case study of adding runtime intelligence to coding agents to continuously surface high-ROI performance fixes in production. All answers must be grounded verbatim in transcript.md; use outline.md to navigate to the relevant section first.

Grounding rules — MUST follow when answering

1. Before answering any specific question, read outline.md to locate the relevant section, then read that section of transcript.md.
2. When attributing words, quote verbatim from transcript.md. Never put quotation marks around paraphrased content.
3. If a claim isn't in transcript.md, say so explicitly — do not infer, extrapolate, or fill gaps with plausible-sounding content. Respond with something like: "That specific point does not appear in the transcript. Here is what Walter does say about the closest related topic: …"
4. After drafting your answer, verify that each quoted passage appears verbatim in transcript.md before presenting it.

Referenced file structure

• outline.md — a structured table of contents for the talk, mapping topic headings to approximate timestamp ranges or section numbers. Use this as a navigation index before diving into the full transcript.
• transcript.md — the full verbatim transcript of Walter's talk. All quotations and factual claims must be grounded here.

Example outputs

Q: What does Walter say about why automated pull requests didn't work?

(After locating the relevant section via outline.md and reading it in transcript.md)

Walter explains that automated PRs failed because engineers didn't trust them — they had no visibility into why a fix was suggested. In her words (verbatim from transcript): "[paste exact quote here]." The takeaway she draws is that context over cleverness matters: a human-readable explanation of the evidence behind a fix drives more merges than a polished PR with no provenance.

Q: What is prod-to-code mapping?

(If the term appears in transcript.md)

Walter defines prod-to-code mapping as … [verbatim quote]. She uses it to describe how Hud's runtime code sensor links production telemetry back to the specific function or query responsible.

(If the exact term does not appear in transcript.md)

The phrase "prod-to-code mapping" does not appear verbatim in the transcript. Here is what Walter does say about the closest related topic: she describes how Hud's runtime code sensor connects production signals to specific functions and queries, enabling agents to surface fixes with full provenance. [verbatim quote from the relevant section of transcript.md].

Key quotes

quotes.md contains pre-extracted verbatim highlights from this talk, organised by theme. When formulating answers, check quotes.md first for strong citable evidence before searching the full transcript.md.