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The Missing Layer: Design Taste in AI Agents — Hassan El Mghari, Together AI Aug 21, 2026 · 14:10 To make AI apps look professional, developers must focus on UX polish and avoid common 'slop' patterns (like purple gradients). Use visual references, break tasks into small prompts, and iterate with smaller open-source models.

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How to avoid disaster when vibe-coding a billing engine — Andrew Garvin, Stripe Aug 28, 2026 · 17:49 Andrew Garvin discusses avoiding disaster when building a billing engine with AI agents. He advocates for using sandboxes and portable 'skills files' to manage complex financial logic. From Tokenmaxxing to Trusted Throughput — Mingsheng Hong, Ironclad Aug 29, 2026 · 23:04 Instead of optimizing AI token spend purely on cost, focus on maximizing 'Trusted Throughput.' The bottleneck has shifted downstream to Code Review and CI/CD, requiring better metrics and process guards. Voice Agents Can Just Do Things — Charlie Guo, OpenAI Sep 15, 2026 · 15:50 Voice agents don't have to talk back. The key is understanding the three modes (Speech-to-Action, Event-to-Speech) and exposing your app's verbs as callable tools.

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The AI Content System Behind 200M Views — Sarah Chieng, Cerebras & Cova Lee, OpenAI Oct 21, 2026 · 53:18 Learn the 6-stage, agent-powered system for content creation. Discover how to use AI to automate ideation, scripting, editing, and publishing, allowing you to focus on your unique POV. Inside the AI Economy: What Stripe's Data Reveals — Nilofer Rajpurkar, Stripe Oct 12, 2026 · 20:50 Stripe reveals four patterns for top AI companies: building faster, selling globally, hybrid pricing, and adapting GTM motions. Learn how agentic tools and unified systems are redefining product monetization. How OpenAI Puts ChatGPT to Work | DevDay 2026 Oct 7, 2026 · 19:41 Discover how OpenAI's teams use ChatGPT as an agentic teammate to automate complex workflows, from monitoring social feeds to scaling competitive research. Learn about Spaces and Dots.

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