How the Engineering Executive Playbook Must Change When Code is No Longer the Source of Truth

Slide deck available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14N84BpXeNrMtjmQ7mDcja_nsWl8rHm_KCkEexctf9JI/preview?slide=id.g3856643605a_0_0

Large language models and agentic tooling are reshaping how software is built, what the “source of truth” is, and how teams operate. In this talk, Silicon Valley veteran Ruslan Belkin shares a leadership lens for this shift—how executive playbooks evolve when context, documentation, and organizational knowledge drive behavior and code becomes the artifact. We’ll explore the implications for product delivery (faster cycles, new failure modes, silent errors), platform choices, and legacy strategy. We’ll also cover hiring in the AI era, capturing tacit human knowledge as critical data, and leading in a mixed user/agent world. Grounded in lessons from startups through public companies, this session offers clear principles for refactoring how you lead, ship, and scale in the AI era.