Lead Engineer Meetup #2 — The AI Revolution

Vibe coding is here to stay, and nearly half of the engineers I know no longer code by hand. The times have changed. People, however, will remain people.

As a Lead Engineer, how have you changed your own workflow and automation? How do you “Lead” differently when your team is submitting slop left and right? Do you still hire “Juniors”, or are you focusing purely on seniors now? Does your team’s productivity actually 10x, or is it just 0.5x because of the huge pile of open pull requests?

As with the first LEM, being a “Lead Engineer”, “Engineering Manager”, or “CTO” — deciding all these policies with limited information, the “business people” breathing down your neck, and a timeline made even tighter by the assumed “AI” magic — is a tough job to do all by yourself.

Let’s meet real people for a change, and share the tools and practices we have for navigating the new AI era. Let’s meet up.