From YOLO to Secure Autonomous Dev Agents - Ard Timmerman

Summary Coding agents are moving from autocomplete to autonomous teammates — but “press Enter to approve” doesn’t scale. This talk walks through the sandboxing tools agents rely on today, where they break down, and the architecture we built to run our Slack-based assistant Dwight safely and autonomously. About Ard Timmerman Ard Timmerman is a technology professional and software developer based in the Netherlands, currently active at Stekz. He has a background in technology and innovation, studied at the Hanze Institute of Technology Assen, and is known for his strong interest in software development, AI, and digital transformation. Ard is actively involved in the Groningen AI community, including initiatives such as aiGrunn, where he regularly contributes presentations and discussions on modern AI and software engineering topics.