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From Ops to Dev: Understanding the Evolving Developer Landscape

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This 48-minute talk by Andrew Fawcett, Heroku VP of Developer Relations, explores how operations professionals can evolve their careers by embracing development skills and AI tools. Learn about the changing tech landscape and how to effectively incorporate AI into your workflow. The presentation covers current AI tools, important considerations when using AI agents, and includes a practical demonstration of adding memory and task lists via rules in Cursor. Discover potential cost pitfalls of AI implementation and which AI skills are most in demand in today's job market. The talk concludes with a Q&A session and provides resources including GitHub repositories, Cursor rules for productivity, and information about Heroku MCP server.

Syllabus

00:00 - Intro
02:05 - The AI tools we're currently playing with
07:26 - A Time of Change
17:45 - Things to know when using AI Agents
25:46 - Demo time + adding memory and tasks lists via rules in Cursor
38:00 - AI can be expensive, watch out for these gotchas
34:21 - The AI skills in demand today!
40:30 - Q&A

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vBrownBag

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