Vercel's VP of Engineering Lindsey Simon unpacks how AI is transforming web deployment — from self-driving infrastructure and automatic rollbacks to prompt-to-app magic and what coding will look like by 2027.Topics Include:Vercel turns a simple git push into a live URL, fastCustomers range from solo indie devs to major enterprises globallyUnder Armour, Reuters, and Polymarket all run on Vercel's platformAI agents can detect failed deployments and automatically suggest fixesVercel calls this approach "self-driving infrastructure" — a post-AI evolutionThe AI SDK lets developers write model-agnostic code across any providerV0 lets anyone generate a full app just by typing a promptThe AI Gateway provides intelligent model fallbacks and cost efficiencyVitamins vs. painkillers: Vercel only builds what customers genuinely needAI works best when code has structure, types, and tests already in placeAWS Bedrock helped Vercel scale V0 when it went unexpectedly viralVercel's AI philosophy: "let it rip" — with smart guardrails around dataWeekly "Demo Days" put every engineer in front of 200 colleagues to presentDesign is a company-wide discipline, from product UI to office signageA new AWS integration makes provisioning Aurora and DynamoDB just a few clicksParticipants:Lindsey Simon – Vice President of Engineering, VercelSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

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