Augmenting Engineers With AI with Daniel Doubrovkine

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"Augmenting engineers with AI wherever it makes sense so they can be more productive" is the mission of Daniel Doubrovkine and his Augmented Engineering team at Shopify. In this episode of the HangarDX podcast, Ankit Jain, co-founder and CEO of Aviator, talks to Daniel about AI’s impact on software engineering and developer productivity. He shares insights on Shopify’s AI-integrated workflows and strategies to improve the developer experience in what he calls a giant mono repo, the world's largest Ruby on Rails app. Daniel also reflects on his career path from individual contributor to management and back, and the importance of staying hands-on with code in an AI-driven future. Chapters 00:00 AI in Software Engineering 06:36 Solving Engineering Problems With AI at Shopify 18:46 Prioritization and Planning in Developer Productivity 23:15 From IC to Manager and Back 28:52 The Individual Contributor vs. Manager Dilemma 34:44 AI is Getting Better Fast 37:30 Strategies for Successful AI Adoption in Organizations Find more episodes at

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