# From Chrome DevTools to AI Engineering, with Addy Osmani

DevFeed: [From Chrome DevTools to AI Engineering, with Addy Osmani](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-chrome-devtools-to-ai-engineering-with-addy-osmani-18173.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/from-chrome-devtools-to-ai-engineering>)

Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-08-19T16:53:57Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [AI Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-engineering.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [developer tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-tooling.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/loop-engineering.md>), [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-engineering.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [devtools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devtools.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

Addy Osmani discusses his 14 years at Google, including work on Chrome, DevTools, Core Web Vitals, and AI developer experience. The conversation covers AI agents, loop engineering, cognitive surrender, engineering culture, and the broader skills engineers need.

## Source excerpt

Addy Osmani shares lessons from 14 years at Google and how AI agents are reshaping software engineering, developer workflows, and the skills engineers need to succeed.