

Daytona AI Builders w/ WorkOS & Coder - SF, May 2026
ββAn event dedicated to exploring all things AI Engineering!
βEvent partners: WorkOS & Coder
ββAgenda
ββββββπ 5:30 pm β 5:35 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
ββπ€ Asako Hayase, Community Ambassador - Pacer at Daytona
ββββββββπ 5:35 pm β 5:50 pm
Talk "Forkable Sandboxes for Long-Running Agents"β
βπ€ Muhammad Annas Hashmi, DevRel at Daytona
ββββββββOutline:
βAgents are starting to do real software work: installing dependencies, editing files, running tests, starting servers, and debugging over long sessions. But most AI systems still treat each run like a disposable prompt-response loop. That breaks down once the useful state lives not just in tokens, but in the actual machine.
This talk is about the runtime layer agents need to become reliable builders. Iβll show how forkable Daytona sandboxes let you pause at important moments in an agent run, branch the environment, and sample multiple continuations from the same machine state. For builders, this turns long-running agent workflows into something you can inspect, compare, recover, and eventually optimize.
ββπ 5:50 pm β 6:05 pm
Talk "The Modular Self-Driving Codebase"
ββπ€ Matt Dzwonczyk, Software Engineer at WorkOS
ββββββββOutline:
βSelf-driving codebases are gaining ground, but the underlying tools and workflows change every week. How do you build an agentic system that doesn't need a rewrite every time the landscape shifts? Weβll explore how WorkOS built Horizon, a modular self-driving codebase, and how we use it to take product features from discovery to deployment with the right context at every step.
ββπ 6:05 pm β 6:20 pm
Talk βFrom AI Experiments to Production: How Teams Actually Scale AI Workflowsβ
ββπ€ Jullian Pepito, Solutions Architect at Coder
ββββββββOutline:
βAI is everywhere in development, but most teams struggle to move from working experiments to reliable production workflows. Code may be generated faster, but workflows break, outputs arenβt trusted, and governance often comes too late. This talk focuses on how teams are redesigning development workflows to truly work with AI, covering structure, agent management, and the right level of control. No hype or tool comparisons, just a clear look at why AI workflows fail and what actually works at scale.
ββπ 6:20 pm β 6:30 pm
Talk βHow to build your own Agent Harness for Code Reviewβ
ββπ€ Hendrik Krack - Developer Advocate at CodeRabbit
ββββββββOutline:
βA single LLM call is not a code review agent. This talk dives into what it takes to build the harness around it β how to select the right context beyond the diff, how to prompt for structured and calibrated findings, how to wire up an orchestration layer that runs reliably on every pull request, and how to close the loop with a feedback mechanism that learns your team's preferences over time.
ββπ 6:30 pm β 6:40 pm
Talk βAG-UI & The Generative UI Spectrumβ
ββπ€ Tyler Slaton, Senior Founding Engineer at CopilotKit
ββββββββOutline:
βAs AI agents become central to modern applications, the challenge isn't building the agent β it's connecting it to a UI that users can actually interact with. This talk explores the AG-UI protocol and CopilotKit's approach to agentic frontends, covering three patterns for Generative UI (controlled, declarative, and open-ended) and bidirectional agent state sync. You'll leave with concrete patterns for building production-ready agentic applications where both the user and the agent can drive the UI.
ββπ 6:40 pm β 6:50 pm
Talk βOverlooked components of the software factoryβ
ββπ€ Micha (mies) Hernandez van Leuffen, Founder & CEO at Fiberplane
ββββββββOutline:
βThe software factory is more than code generation: it also includes the overlooked systems that give agents context, memory, and constraints. In this talk, Iβll argue that issue trackers, plans, documentation bindings, and structural rules are not peripheral tooling, but core infrastructure for reliable agentic
ββββββββββββββββπ 6:50 pm - 8:30 pm
βββNetworking
ββWith pizzas and beverages
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βββAbout event
ββThis is dynamic gathering for AI enthusiasts, innovators, and professionals to collaborate, share ideas, and explore the latest advancements in artificial intelligence. Whether you're building AI products, researching cutting-edge algorithms, or simply passionate about the field, join us to connect, learn, and drive the future of AI forward.