AI makes it tempting to add every feature in sight.
Can the product handle 1,000 users an hour? What will 10,000 cost?
@syke explains why scale and quality need to be part of the agent workflow.
Chapters:
00:00 Faster coding, same deployment bottleneck
00:54 Meet Matt Hargett
02:07 QA at McAfee in 1997
07:19 Product economics and estimation
11:49 Mapping the SDLC in the AI era
16:25 Shipping, quality, and operating costs
22:34 Delegating to agents: goals and guardrails
25:21 Coverage-guided fuzzing explained
28:06 Overnight testing and repair loops
30:06 How agents change engineering roles
36:55 Do agents still need Jira tickets?
44:16 Using customer pain to prioritize improvements
49:41 Finding your next delivery bottleneck
54:07 Phased deployments, staging, and telemetry
57:06 Examining how teams really work
01:01:18 Improving the SDLC incrementally
01:03:06 Measuring outcomes and getting outside help
01:06:52 Closing thoughts