[AIEWF Preview] Containing Agent Chaos — Solomon Hykes
Jun 03, 2025
Episode description
Solomon most famously created Docker and now runs Dagger… which has something special to share with you on Thursday.
Catch Dagger at:
- Tuesday: Dagger’s workshop https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#ship-agents-that-ship-a-hands-on-workshop-for-swe-agent-builders
- Wednesday: Dagger’s talk: https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#how-to-trust-an-agent-with-software-delivery
- Thursday: Solomon’s Keynote https://www.ai.engineer/schedule#containing-agent-chaos
Chapters
00:00 Introduction & Guest Background
00:29 What is Dagger? Post-Development Automation
01:08 Dagger’s Community & Platform Engineers
02:32 AI Agents and Developer Workflows
03:40 Environment Isolation & The Power of Containers
06:28 The Need for Standards in Agent Environments
07:25 Design Constraints & Challenges for Dev Environments
11:26 Limitations of Current Tools & Agent-Native UX
14:11 Modularity, Customization, and the Lego Analogy
16:24 Convergence of CICD and Agentic Systems
17:41 Ephemeral Apps, Resource Constraints, and Local Execution
21:01 Adoption, Ecosystem, and the Role of Open Source
23:30 Dagger’s Modular Approach & Integration Philosophy
25:38 Looking Ahead: Workshops, Keynotes, and the Future of Agentic Infrastructure
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