Agentic vs. Vector Search: An Eval-Driven Approach to Coding Agent Performance
Official Schedule Context
- Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 11:40am-12:00pm
- Track/room: track TBD · Expo Stage 2 NW
- Speaker(s): Jess Wang
- Session type/status: session · confirmed
Official Description
Evals let you replace gut feelings with quantifiable decisions. This talk breaks the basic concepts
of evals, including the four core components: datasets, tasks, scoring, and experiments. Then, to
solidify the concept, we’ll walk through a real eval comparing agentic search versus vector search
for coding agents. We'll also cover practical challenges like tracing Claude Code subprocess calls
and why a single eval run is never enough. You'll leave with a concrete framework for building evals
that actually inform your ship decisions.
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