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344: Why developers should adopt a head chef mentality to work with agents (with Confluent's Adi Polak)
February 24, 2026
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In this episode, Jenna interviews Adi Polak, director of advocacy and developer experience engineering at Confluent, about why developers need to embrace a head chef mindset when working with AI agents.
They discuss:
- What it means to adopt a "head chef" mindset
- The mental shifts needed to work this way
- What role data streaming plays in enabling this