Subtractive Engineering: Using AI Agents to Delete Code

Agents are putting more code into our codebases than ever, leaving behind abandoned approaches, duplicate helpers, unnecessary abstractions, and packages nobody needs. In this workshop, we'll turn agents loose on the cleanup. You'll learn how to find what can go, prove it's safe to remove, and avoid the surprisingly easy ways agents get this wrong.

• Uncover the code your agents have added that you probably never needed
• Cut through duplicate code, abandoned approaches, unused dependencies, and unnecessary complexity
• Learn how to tell what's genuinely safe to delete, without relying on an agent's confidence
• Walk away with a smaller, cleaner codebase that's easier for both you and your agents to work with