Will the future engineer code alongside a single coding agent, or will they spend their day orchestrating many agents? Traditional development rewards synchronous focus. This session dives into the significant mindshift required to move from sequential coding to orchestrating parallel agents. We are the builders of ""Jules"", Google's massively parallel asynchronous coding agent (to be opened up in May). We'll share real-world insights from building Jules and explore how to rewire your brain for this powerful new ""post-IDE"" development paradigm.

About Rustin Banks
I'm Rustin, an AI Product Manager at Google Labs. I taught myself to program at age 12 using a compiler I purchased on AOL classifieds. As a teenager I hosted a popular bulletin board system (BBS) out of my cousin’s closet using salvaged 286 computers. I’ve always had a passion for making the world better using technology. When I saw AI write code I dedicated the rest of my career to AI coding. At Google labs I am lucky to explore the frontier of coding models and agents.

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Google Labs introduces Jules, an asynchronous coding agent that runs in the cloud to handle background development tasks. The presentation demonstrates how developers can leverage parallel AI agents to work on multiple tasks simultaneously, including testing, feature development, and code audits. Jules has generated 40,000 public commits in two weeks since launch, showing two main parallelism patterns: multitasking (handling multiple backlog items) and multiple variations (trying different approaches to the same problem). The demo shows building features for a conference website, including adding tests, calendar integration, and accessibility improvements, all managed through parallel agent workflows.

Your Coding Agent Just Got Cloned And Your Brain Isn't Ready - Rustin Banks, Google Jules