How to Remain Competitive in the AI Era of Software Engineering

Alexey Milovidov, CTO, ClickHouse

Presented at Web Summit Rio in June 2026, this session explores how agent-assisted programming has become a daily practice rather than a passing trend. Alexey Milovidov shows how ClickHouse's engineering team uses AI agents like Claude Code in their everyday work, from writing boilerplate code and resolving merge conflicts to investigating complex bugs, conducting security research, and prototyping new features. He shares real-world cases, usage recommendations, comparisons between leading models, and the core message: good engineers become even better with AI.