Multiplayer Development, AI Enablement, and the PR Review Crisis — Frances Coronel, Slack

Frances Coronel is a senior software engineer on the agentic SDLC team at Slack, where she builds AI-powered developer tooling and helps enable engineers and non-engineers alike in the agentic era.In this episode of The Hangar DX podcast,, Ankit Jain, CEO of Aviator, talks to Frances about :How Slack is shifting from solo, one-to-one development to multiplayer collaboration with agentsWhy overindexing on sharing custom setups is more valuable than formal enablement programsThe PR review crisis that comes when your merge volume doubles and your review process doesn't changeChapters00:00 Introduction to DevXP at Slack01:29 Understanding DevXP and Its Evolution06:43 The Shift to Multiplayer Collaboration09:57 Internal Workshops and Upskilling for AI Tools14:03 The Dashboard for Tool Discovery and Usage18:51 Tokenmaxxing and Its Implications21:11 Democratizing Tool Building and Standardization25:57 Challenges in PR Review Processes30:59 Future Focus: Enablement and System Rethinking📫 Sign up for our email list for more podcasts, articles, events, and other updates: https://www.aviator.co/podcast✏️ Subscribe for more videos: @Aviator-Co🙌 Join a curated community of senior engineers and engineering leaders focused on developer experience and solving productivity challenges at scale! Check out our upcoming off-the-record online sessions where vetted, experienced professionals can exchange ideas and share hard-earned wisdom: https://dx.community/Replace code reviews with verified intentAI writes code faster than humans can review it. Aviator Verify provides compliance-grade verification through spec-driven development. Ship faster with complete audit trails. https://verify.aviator.co/