# The great software factory debate: How do you know it’s working?

> Join LinearB and industry experts for a live roundtable on whether the agentic software factory delivers value, and the measurements that settle the argument.

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# The great software factory debate: How do you know it’s working?

Engineering leaders are being pushed toward the software factory: agents that triage, spec, implement, review, and ship while humans move increasingly to the edges. But as adoption accelerates, a critical question remains: how do you prove the factory is creating value rather than quietly creating debt? LinearB is bringing industry experts together for a first-of-its-kind discussion on the context layer needed to make agentic software factories measurable, governable, and tied to real outcomes. By attending, you’ll learn:

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Which signals reveal whether your software factory is compounding value or quietly accruing technical debt

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How to connect agentic development to measurable outcomes across quality, maintainability, cost, and ROI

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What to instrument first to gain visibility into what agents are shipping and what it actually costs

Register to join live and get first access to the guide on gaining visibility into the agentic software factory the moment it ships.

## Speakers

![Photo of Dexter Horthy](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1920,h_1920/f_auto/q_auto/v1/dexter-horthy?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

### Dexter Horthy

Co-founder and CEO at HumanLayer

![Photo of Zach Lloyd](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1920,h_1920/f_auto/q_auto/v1/zach-lloyd?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

### Zach Lloyd

Founder and CEO at Warp

![Photo of Dan Lines](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1920,h_1920/f_auto/q_auto/v1/dan-lines-614x614?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

### Dan Lines

Co-founder and COO at LinearB

![Photo of Andrew Zigler](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_3840,h_3840/f_auto/q_auto/v1/andrew_zigler_headshot_a1184de4a5?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

### Andrew Zigler

GTM Engineer, LinearB

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