Katelyn Lesse

I currently lead Platform engineering at Anthropic. I previously led Connect engineering at Stripe and product engineering at Betterment.

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The new set of problems for engineers to solve2026-10-25
AI just isn't going to be able to create the incredible outcomes it's capable of creating unless software engineers solve problems to make it possible.
Secure agents: architecture and sandboxing2026-09-13
Building secure agents is simpler than you might think. It mostly comes down to one major architecture decision and a couple important sandbox configuration decisions.
What the CPU shortage means for software teams2026-09-07
The tech industry now has a CPU shortage on our hands, and we've all got a shift to make as a result.
You can't avoid the hard part2026-07-05
Can you avoid the hard part and still succeed? If the answer is no, the safe path is just delaying failure. You have to take the big swing.

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