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Build Your Own AI Coding Agent from Scratch

Hosted by Eleanor Berger and Isaac Flath

Tue, Sep 30, 2025

6:00 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Elite AI Assisted Coding
Eleanor Berger and Isaac Flath
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What you'll learn

Build a simple AI coding agent

Hack together a tiny coding agent with us, end to end.

Build a mental model of agents

Understand how AI coding agents work so you can use them better.

Practice AI-assisted coding best practices

Use context management, clear specs, small steps, interactive and structured flows.

Why this topic matters

In the spirit of Feynman’s “What I cannot create, I do not understand,” this optional outtake from our course is a live mini-build: we’ll code a simple AI coding agent together to form a real mental model and better understand the tools we use. We’ll practice context management, clear specs, small steps, and interactive + structured flows. Join to watch — or hack along.

You'll learn from

Eleanor Berger

Engineering & AI Leader; Elite AI-Assisted Coding co-instructor

Eleanor Berger is an AI expert and technology leader with a track record of advising, building and leading high-performing AI engineering teams at Microsoft, Google and several start-ups.


At Microsoft and Google, Eleanor enabled top cloud customers, including startups, software vendors, and enterprises, to deliver impactful AI-first solutions. She has served in key advisory roles with a focus on applied AI and is recognised as a leading voice in the industry.


Today, Eleanor advises companies and empowers catalysts — leaders who drive AI innovation — by pairing deep technical expertise with hard-won managerial insight. Eleanor helps organisations build robust AI capability, integrate advanced AI and deliver powerful solutions that drive business value and strategic advantage.

Isaac Flath

Dev-efficiency and AI expert; Elite AI-Assisted Coding co-instructor

Isaac is an independent consultant who has helped many companies incorporate AI into their products. I've taught AI efficiency to companies for years and worked for tech startups and cutting edge labs.


As a consultant, I have helped companies of all sizes from startups (such as Ankihub and SpecStory) to enterprise clients (such as Travel & Leisure and Cable and Wireless Communications). Previously, I worked as a researcher at Novetta where I worked on Chatbots, and worked at other cutting edge labs such as Answer AI.

Previously at

Google
Microsoft
Canonical
Answer AI
Cable & Wireless Communications

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