What if building software with AI wasn’t about commanding a tool, but cultivating a living system? In this talk, Dylan Isaac shares how developing with AI mirrors the ancient art of bonsai—requiring vision, constraints, and gentle guidance rather than rigid control.
You’ll discover how to:
– Set “constraints” (tech stack, frameworks, tests) that guide AI growth like a bonsai pot
– Use prompts as “stakes and wires” to shape development while letting the AI express what it knows best
– Balance your mind’s eye vision with the AI’s organic capabilities
– Iterate through feedback loops like a gardener tending their craft
Through practical examples of team automation, documentation generation, and progressive AI systems, you’ll learn to work with AI’s probabilistic nature rather than fighting it.
