Wordcamp Day 1 

Welcome to Day 1  https://us.wordcamp.org/2026/session/keynote/

The Taste Gap | How AI Is Rewiring Developer Experience

Bo explores how AI is reshaping developers’ daily work. Time saved writing code is shifting toward specifying intent, providing context, supervising agents, verifying changes, and taking responsibility.

One of the challenges encountered with AI is that we usually have to re edit the AI generated content and code. What questions are important? Did AI solve the right problem?

Yes. I agree. One of the challenges encountered with AI is that I usually have to re edit the AI generated content and code. — Valerie Blackburn | Val Marketing Sole Proprietor

Drawing on real WordPress examples, Bo examines the nearly invisible bugs, security debt, and context challenges that accompany AI-assisted development. You’ll gain a practical model for working with AI:

Specify | Delegate | Verify

You’ll gain a practical model for working with AI:

Specify

Delegate

Verify

— Bo English-Wiczling | VP Global Developer Relations

She has 28 years of technology leadership experience from PayPal, Oracle, Amazon, and Best Buy.

Wordcamp Day 1. Bo English-Wiczling, Vice President of Global Developer Relations at PayPal. (2026, August).

Wordcamp Day 1.  Valerie Blackburn, Sole Proprietor, Val Marketing. (2026, August).