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Amy Folkestad

I'm a technical leader building analytics platforms for CPU development at AMD. I architect data systems and script the interactive tools that guide engineering workflows and executive decisions.

With a foundation in applied math and statistics, I run experiments to test where agentic systems break and what sharpens their output. Each iteration reinforces my conviction that human judgment must remain the strongest coefficient.

The people who will thrive with AI are the curious pattern thinkers who use agents to scale their talents.

This site is my experimental notebook: projects, lessons, and ideas in iteration. Contact me if you're looking for a STEM mentor, a speaker, or a collaborator.

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AI impacts on coding

Public pushes to GitHub have more than doubled since Claude Code launched. As of September 2026, more than 40% of pull requests started with an agent.

Code is shifting to a new layer of abstraction, from punch cards, to compilers, and now natural language. Each layer raises expectations. I recently re-engineered a Power BI report into a React app. This two-month project would have been too time-intensive to justify before AI agents.

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US only: world totals jump as countries cross GitHub’s 100-developer reporting threshold.

Public pushes by US developers. Source: GitHub Innovation Graph, through 2026 Q2.