Jack Wotherspoon

For a while, using agents meant managing them. You stood them up, watched them closely, and kept them going. Your role slowly became managing agents and watching a screen.

This talk is about the switch: stop managing agents yourself, and start using Managed Agents to get the job done.

I’ll show how you can spin up Gemini Managed Agents to automate daily tasks, but also how to build them into your product and applications.

What changes when the agent is a feature of the product instead of something you have to run on the side? You no longer are a babysitter and can get back to being in control.

You’ll leave with a simpler picture of that move, from managing agents to using them within your product.

When the cost of generating code drops to zero, the cost of reviewing and maintaining that code skyrockets.

For decades, open-source has been built on a simple foundation: human developers collaborating on shared problems. But that foundation is shifting. As AI agents make it possible to generate pull requests in seconds, maintainers are facing a crisis.

In this session, we’ll move beyond the hype to discuss how the rise of "AI slop" is fundamentally changing the way we manage, trust, and scale open-source projects. We will explore the new rules of engagement for a world where agents are part of the team.