GDG BrisbaneDevFest 2026Get tickets 
Katie McLaughlin (@glasnt, they/them) is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google, specializing in improving the developer and builder experience. When they're not changing the world, they enjoy rambling, fiber arts, and irrevocably changing the Unicode Standard.
Evaluating the AI-Assisted Developer Experience
The rapid adoption of AI-assisted coding tools has fundamentally changed how developers approach complex engineering tasks. As the industry shifts toward agentic workflows, the visibility gap into how these tools impact overall developer productivity and code quality has widened. This talk explores a framework for implementing developer experience testing at scale, including automated evaluation platforms, practical measurements, and strategies for monitoring AI performance over time.
- Track
- Builder track
- Format
- keynote
- Date
- Saturday, 17 October 2026
- Venue
- QUT Gardens Point P Block, Brisbane City
One ticket covers every track.
