AI Proving Ground Podcast

Inside the AI Coding Revolution: Tools, Tradeoffs and Transformation


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As AI innovation intensifies, one domain is already feeling the impact: software development. In this episode, WWT experts Nate McKie and Andrew Athan explore how AI-powered coding assistants are improving developer productivity and reshaping enterprise engineering. From Copilot to agentic tools capable of autonomous code generation, they examine how organizations are navigating this transition, balancing speed with quality and redefining the role of human developers. Whether you're leading a dev team or charting your company’s AI roadmap, this is a must-listen for understanding the real-world implications of AI in engineering.

Support for this episode provided by: Windsurf

Learn more about this week's guests:

Nate McKie's passion for computers started as a child, inspired by his father's work at Radio Shack. With a B.S. in Computer Studies, he has over 25 years of experience in software and automation engineering. Now a senior-level AI Advisor, Nate helps customers leverage AI technologies to achieve their business goals, combining his expertise in hardware, software and data to guide smart, impactful decisions on their AI journey.

Nate's top pick: Unlocking the Power of AI Coding Assistants

Andrew Athan is a Technical Solutions Architect III with deep expertise in high-performance, low-latency, distributed computing, consensus and blockchain and high-frequency trading. With a strong background in networks and software, he specializes in designing and implementing cutting-edge solutions to meet complex technical challenges. Andrew's work focuses on optimizing systems for speed, scalability and reliability in fast-paced environments.

Andrew's top pick: Codeium Windsurf Coding Assistance Demo

The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's one-of-a-kind AI Proving Ground, which provides unrivaled access to the world's leading AI technologies. This unique lab environment accelerates your ability to learn about, test, train and implement AI solutions.

Learn more about WWT's AI Proving Ground.

The AI Proving Ground is a composable lab environment that features the latest high-performance infrastructure and reference architectures from the world's leading AI companies, such as NVIDIA, Cisco, Dell, F5, AMD, Intel and others.

Developed within our Advanced Technology Center (ATC), this one-of-a-kind lab environment empowers IT teams to evaluate and test AI infrastructure, software and solutions for efficacy, scalability and flexibility — all under one roof. The AI Proving Ground provides visibility into data flows across the entire development pipeline, enabling more informed decision-making while safeguarding production environments.

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