AI Safely Deploys and Tests Your Infrastructure Code
Tech Field Day, Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
A Tech Field Day podcast explores how to use AI for infrastructure automation safely without reckless "vibe coding."
In this Tech Field Day Podcast episode, host Alastair Cooke joins Pete Welcher and Jens Soeldner to discuss using generative AI for infrastructure deployment and CloudFormation templates.
The panel stresses the difference between disciplined AI assistance and dangerous improvisation, warning that using the same AI to both write and test code is "a recipe for disaster."
They cover problem decomposition, digital twins for testing, the impact on junior engineer employment, and the economics of rising AI token costs.
The conversation focuses on how enterprise IT teams can gain AI's speed benefits without sacrificing governance or code quality.