Geoffrey Huntley
Employers on the program
- 2026Latent Patterns1 talk
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- DataEngBytes
- AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions)
- PyCon (national Python conferences)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | AI Engineer Miami 2026 | AI Engineer (World's Fair, Summit and regional editions) | speaker | Software Development Now Costs Less Than Minimum Wage as Latent Patterns The cost of software development has fallen to $10.42 an hour—less than minimum wage. A burger flipper at Macca's earns more. What does it mean to be a software…Show lessThe cost of software development has fallen to $10.42 an hour—less than minimum wage. A burger flipper at Macca's earns more. What does it mean to be a software developer when everyone in the world can develop software? Tools like Cursor have commoditised the knowledge and skill of software development, enabling non-developers to build and ship. | |
| Apr 8, 2026 | PyCon Lithuania 2026 | PyCon (national Python conferences) | keynote | Software Development Now Costs Less Than Minimum WageThe cost of software development has fallen to $10.42 an hour—less than minimum wage. A burger flipper at Macca's earns more. What does it mean to be a software…Show lessThe cost of software development has fallen to $10.42 an hour—less than minimum wage. A burger flipper at Macca's earns more. What does it mean to be a software developer when everyone in the world can develop software? Tools like Cursor have commoditised the knowledge and skill of software... | |
| Mar 24, 2026 | DataEngBytes 2026 Auckland | DataEngBytes | keynote | Software Development Now Costs Less Than Minimum Wage: What It Means for Data EngineersThe cost of software development has fallen below minimum wage. Geoffrey Huntley explores what this means for data engineers: the rise of model-first companies,…Show lessThe cost of software development has fallen below minimum wage. Geoffrey Huntley explores what this means for data engineers: the rise of model-first companies, the erosion of traditional moats, and the K-shaped future of work. | |
| Jul 29, 2025 | DataEngBytes 2025 Sydney | DataEngBytes | speaker | Building Code-Editing Agents: The Emperor Has No ClothesWe'll explore this strange loop by building it ourselves. 400 lines of Go. Three tools. One moment of recognition when you realize the thing you built is now…Show lessWe'll explore this strange loop by building it ourselves. 400 lines of Go. Three tools. One moment of recognition when you realize the thing you built is now building alongside you. This is about more than productivity. It's about reimagining what programming feels like. | Video |
| Jul 29, 2025 | DataEngBytes 2025 Sydney | DataEngBytes | speaker | The future belongs to people who can just do thingsIn this talk, Geoff Huntley explores why now is the moment to reassess your carefully crafted roadmaps, identify which assumptions no longer hold, and prepare…Show lessIn this talk, Geoff Huntley explores why now is the moment to reassess your carefully crafted roadmaps, identify which assumptions no longer hold, and prepare yourself for a different kind of work. | Video |
| Jul 24, 2025 | DataEngBytes 2025 Melbourne | DataEngBytes | speaker | Building Code-Editing Agents: The Emperor Has No ClothesWe'll explore this strange loop by building it ourselves. 400 lines of Go. Three tools. One moment of recognition when you realize the thing you built is now…Show lessWe'll explore this strange loop by building it ourselves. 400 lines of Go. Three tools. One moment of recognition when you realize the thing you built is now building alongside you. This is about more than productivity. It's about reimagining what programming feels like. | Video |
| Jul 24, 2025 | DataEngBytes 2025 Melbourne | DataEngBytes | speaker | The future belongs to people who can just do thingsIn this talk, Geoff Huntley explores why now is the moment to reassess your carefully crafted roadmaps, identify which assumptions no longer hold, and prepare…Show lessIn this talk, Geoff Huntley explores why now is the moment to reassess your carefully crafted roadmaps, identify which assumptions no longer hold, and prepare yourself for a different kind of work. | Video |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamesh Sampath | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Lena Hall | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Olena Kutsenko | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Andrew Foad | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Anthony O'Flaherty | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Darren Wood | 2 | — | 2025 |
| James Gollan | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Joe Reis | 2 | — | 2025 |
| John Uiterwyk | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Juan Sequeda | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Lester Martin | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Michael Markieta | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Peter Hanssens | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Zoe Steinkamp | 2 | — | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.