From "Hello World" to "Hello Agents": The Developer Keynote That Rewired Software Engineering

This article analyzes the Google Cloud Next '26 Developer Keynote, which showcased planning a Las Vegas marathon using only AI agents. Led by Richard Seroter and Emma Twersky, the presentation was described as a "masterclass" in the operational reality of AI, alongside Sundar Pichai's prediction of 75% AI-generated code.