Stop Maintaining, Start Evolving: Applying AI-Native Engineering in Brownfield Codebases — Katie Roberts (Nearform)
AI & Agent WorkflowsOpen accessPublished 3 Oct 2026
Use when the user asks about Katie Roberts's talk "Stop Maintaining, Start Evolving: Applying AI-Native Engineering in Brownfield Codebases" (AI Native DevCon, June 2026) — including questions about brownfield vs greenfield AI engineering, the three methodologies (pseudo-greenfield, strangler fig pattern, branch by abstraction), the "code as a city" metaphor, using AI to map and modernize legacy codebases, planning skills and developer skills, the value-vs-complexity mirror exercise, avoiding AI agents going rogue on legacy code, the AG Grid upgrade case study, Nearform's "six months in eight weeks" pseudo-greenfield case study, or applying her brownfield AI-native approa…
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