May 27, 2025
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GitLab has been around for ten years and has garnered a reputation for helping federal agencies ensure compliance with stringent government standards.
Today, we sat down with Joel Krooswyk from GitLab to discuss some top-of-mind topics for the software development community: Agentic AI and the implications of applying AI to software development.
Joel Krooswyk explains that Agentic AI acts as unit taskers, managing specific tasks exceptionally well, such as code creation and refactoring. He emphasizes the importance of contextual awareness and security protocols to prevent malicious attacks.
In a play of words, it was suggested that “artificial” Intelligence may be replaced by “augmented” Intelligence—GitLab’s role in augmenting, not replacing, developers, and the need for real-time compliance checks.
They also touch on the cultural shift required to adapt to AI’s advancements, ensuring human value remains central in the workforce.
Joel will speak at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit and AWS Public Sector Summit in the Washington, DC, area on June 10-11.
Here are two episodes that are related
Ep 246 – Unlocking Federal Efficiency: Cutting Costs and Boosting Security in LLM Development
Why: Discusses LLMs and AI efficiency in federal contexts—great complement to augmented AI themes.Ep 243 – From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Boosting Federal Efficiency with Automation
Why: Focuses on using automation to modernize and streamline federal workflows, aligns with augmented AI topics.
