[AIEWF Preview] Containing Agent Chaos — Solomon Hykes

Solomon most famously created Docker and now runs Dagger… which has something special to share with you on Thursday.

Catch Dagger at:

- Tuesday: Dagger’s workshop https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#ship-agents-that-ship-a-hands-on-workshop-for-swe-agent-builders

- Wednesday: Dagger’s talk: https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#how-to-trust-an-agent-with-software-delivery

- Thursday: Solomon’s Keynote https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#containing-agent-chaos

Full Video Episode

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction & Guest Background00:29 What is Dagger? Post-Development Automation01:08 Dagger’s Community & Platform Engineers02:32 AI Agents and Developer Workflows03:40 Environment Isolation & The Power of Containers06:28 The Need for Standards in Agent Environments07:25 Design Constraints & Challenges for Dev Environments11:26 Limitations of Current Tools & Agent-Native UX14:11 Modularity, Customization, and the Lego Analogy16:24 Convergence of CICD and Agentic Systems17:41 Ephemeral Apps, Resource Constraints, and Local Execution21:01 Adoption, Ecosystem, and the Role of Open Source23:30 Dagger’s Modular Approach & Integration Philosophy25:38 Looking Ahead: Workshops, Keynotes, and the Future of Agentic Infrastructure

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