CascadiaJS 2026: It’s time to rethink everything

Theo compares the cloud’s effect on infrastructure with agents’ effect on software production. He asks developers to revisit assumptions about Git, files, packages, and narrow products as their costs change. 01:50 04:03 06:11

He presents Lakebed as an example of one developer rebuilding a broad set of application deployment tools, while noting its current quality is deliberately limited. 20:48 22:41

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  1. It's Time To Rethink Everything by @t3dotgg - YouTube. Theo Browne. Recording; used for the changing cost of experimentation with agents and cloud infrastructure. Accessed 2026-10-01.

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