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Dru Knox

Code-Centric Eval-First Development: Accelerating AI Features for Devs

A Talk by Dru Knox (Head of AI, Product, Tessl)

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About this Talk

In the world of AI-native development, evals aren’t just quality gates, they’re powerful design tools. Especially for codegen products, targeted evals can drive clarity, speed, and alignment across teams. This session dives into how code-centric evals can be used to prototype developer-facing AI features, bring cross-functional (XFN) stakeholders into the loop early, and set measurable goals for launch quality. Learn how to evolve your product rapidly with user feedback loops grounded in meaningful code evaluations—treating evals like the “Figma mock” for AI coding tools.

13 May 2025, 06:05 PM

AI Today

06:05 PM - 06:35 PM

About The Speaker

Dru Knox

Dru Knox

Head of AI, Product, Tessl

Head of AI, Product at Tessl, building AI-native dev tools with experience across Google, Airtable, Grammarly, and Cantina, focused on fast, intuitive, codegen-driven LLM products.

Dru Knox

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