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Guy Podjarny

Guy Podjarny

Founder and CEO of Tessl

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Jun 1
9:20 AM·30minThe Context WindowKeynote

Skills are the new Code

Software development has always revolved around the instructions we give the machine - punch cards, then assembly, then code. As agentic development takes hold, agent skills are becoming our unit of software - but we're not treating them this way

In this keynote, I'll make the case that agent skills deserve the same rigour we've spent decades applying to code. Crafted with intention. Tested against real behaviour. Versioned and maintained in step with the project around them. Treating skills as an afterthought isn't just technical debt, it's the difference between AI that ships and AI that drifts.

About

Guy Podjarny is the founder of Tessl, and previously founded Snyk. Tessl is reimagining software development for the AI era, helping shape AI Native Development. Snyk created and leads the Developer Security category, and is now a multi-billion dollar company with over 1,000 employees. Guy was previously CTO at Akamai (following its acquisition of his first startup), is an active angel investor, and co-hosts of the AI Native Dev podcast.