Managing your tech stack — Akhil Bhaskar, AWS

When a critical Log4j vulnerability hit, Akhil Bhaskar's team went from "how exposed are we?" to a full CIO briefing with an exact component count in two hours. The reason: they knew where everything was. Akhil Bhaskar works at AWS with experience spanning consulting, customer-side technology leadership, and engineering across the US, Australia, and Singapore. What we cover: • The Log4j incident that turned a potential crisis into a 4-hour fix, thanks to a software catalog tracking every dependency • "Undifferentiated heavy lifting" — why opinionated scaffolding templates make contractor time more efficient • Why agentic AI needs the same catalog discipline as software — boundaries and explainability for regulated industries • The shift from programmatic to intent-based development • The two skills Akhil says matter most: storytelling and critical thinking The Loop Asia: www.theloop.asia