Beat Burnout, Find Flourishing: The AI Edition

AI tools are an amplifier. They don't just amplify productivity, they amplify whatever dynamics already exist in a team.

Steve Yegge calls it the Dracula Effect: AI coding at full speed is vampiric, draining engineers faster than anyone expected.

We've got to defend our teams against burnout and help them amplify the dynamics that nudge towards flourishing. In this talk, I'll present a practical framework and patterns for doing exactly that — drawn from peer-reviewed research and real experience leading a team shipping with AI tools.