LeadDev New York Meetup (LDX3 eXpress) — Sept 14 2026

On stage

• Bradley Holt ↗

  Manager, Technical Advocacy (Application Development & Performance), Datadog · Datadogspeaker

• Brian Takashi Hooper ↗

  Chief Technology Officer, M3 USA · M3 USA / MDLinxspeaker

• Divya Ramanarayanan

  Principal Engineer (AI), Jobber · Jobberspeaker

• Ivan Milanov

  Engineering Leader (ERP), PubliCare GmbH · PubliCare GmbHspeaker

• Maylin Leal

  Head of Engineering, Bonial · Bonialspeaker

• Pranay Prabhat ↗

  Head of Engineering, Games, The New York Times · The New York Times — Gamesspeaker

• Abhinav Singhal ↗

  Enterprise AI / cloud architect, NYChost

• Plum Ertz ↗

  Senior Director, Engineering — Ro · Rohost / organizer

Carousel

Alex's posts

• Pre-event · weekly roundupRead on LinkedIn ↗

  Sources from the first comment

  • Mon 9/14, 6pm · LeadDev New York Meetup (RSVP required, bring ID): meetup.com/leaddev-meetup-newyork/events/316035312/
  • Tue 9/15, 6pm · The New AI Computer: An Evening with Zo: luma.com/jo6qcual
  • Wed 9/16, 6pm · Postgres Tuning in the Age of AI: luma.com/3kevurew
  • Thu 9/17, 10am–8pm · Frontier Build NYC (hackathon): luma.com/frontierNYC
  • Tue 9/15, 10:30am · How Attio uses Attio: attio.community/c/workshops/how-attio-uses-attio-an-ae-s-playbook-for-views-and-reports
  • Tue 9/15, 11am · Beyond Integration Licensing Cost: miraclesoft.com/webinars/beyond-integration-licensing-cost-modernize-integration-ai-serverless.php
  • Wed 9/16, 12pm · Clay: Rebuilding the Marketing Tech Stack for the AI Era: clay.com/livestreams/rebuilding-the-marketing-tech-stack-for-the-ai-era
  • Wed 9/16, 1pm · Context is King (Notion): notion.com/webinars/context-is-king-how-to-build-a-system-of-context-for-ai
  • Thu 9/17, 12pm · Signal Rich, Action Poor (RevGenius): revgenius.com/events/signal-rich-action-poor
• RecapRead on LinkedIn ↗

  Sources from the first comment

  • Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI (FSG, 2026). Background in his talk: pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/
  • Lee et al., "The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking" (Microsoft Research + Carnegie Mellon, CHI 2025): microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lee_2025_ai_critical_thinking_survey.pdf
  • Lenny's Newsletter, "How tech workers are feeling in 2026": lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-tech-workers-are-feeling-in-2026
  • LeadDev, The Engineering Leadership Report 2026: leaddev.com/the-engineering-leadership-report-2026
  • HBR, "AI-Generated 'Workslop' Is Destroying Productivity" (the adjacent failure: slop you send vs. slop your agent hands you): hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivity
• RecapRead on LinkedIn ↗

  Sources from the first comment

  • Andrej Karpathy's original "vibe coding" post (Feb 2, 2025): x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383
  • Eric Evans, Domain-Driven Design Reference (core vs. generic subdomains, Maylin's rubric): domainlanguage.com/ddd/reference/
  • OpenSpec, spec-driven development for AI coding assistants: github.com/Fission-AI/OpenSpec
  • OpenAI, "Harness engineering" (what Hooper's "build" converges toward): openai.com/index/harness-engineering/
  • Retool, 2026 Build vs. Buy Report (35% of enterprises have already replaced a SaaS tool): businesswire.com/news/home/20260217548274/en/Retools-2026-Build-vs.-Buy-Report-Reveals-35-of-Enterprises-Have-Already-Replaced-SaaS-With-Custom-Software

In the room