AI tools made devs faster. Nobody prepared the Engineering Org for what's next.

Practical frameworks for building software in the age of AI agents — from the creator of Agent Package Manager (microsoft/apm) and the PROSE specification.

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Daniel Meppiel

Global Black Belt @Microsoft
Previously @GitHub

Founded WeGaw (AI, ESA-backed)

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About the AI Native Mind

I believe we are in the early chapters of a fundamental shift in how software gets built. Not just faster code generation — a rethinking of how engineering organizations operate when every developer works alongside AI agents.

I have spent 14+ years on this trajectory: distributed systems at CERN, developer tools at GitHub, founding an AI startup as CTO (WeGaw, backed by the European Space Agency), and now enterprise AI-native adoption at Microsoft as a Global Black Belt.

I created APM — an open-source Agent Package Manager that 700+ developers use to distribute SDLC standards to coding agents. I designed the PROSE specification framework for writing AI agent instructions that actually work. And I wrote The Agentic SDLC Handbook: 225 pages covering everything I have learned about making AI-native development succeed at scale.

What You Will Find in the Handbook

Why AI-native development is not just "using Copilot/Claude/Cursor" — and what engineering organizations actually need to change.

The governance gap: how productivity gains evaporate when AI-generated code hits review, compliance, and architecture standards.

Agent onboarding patterns that treat coding agents like new hires — with context, standards, and guardrails built in.

The PROSE specification framework for writing AI agent instructions that are precise, composable, and version-controlled.

A 2-command implementation pattern (apm install, apm compile) used by teams at Fortune 500 companies.

The full methodology: from individual developer setup to enterprise-scale agent governance.

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