Dateline October 28, 2026 Las Vegas

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After watching the excitement surrounding AI, I headed to Las Vegas to see how the major HCM vendors were putting it to work. Even inside the conference sessions, the sheer breadth of tools, models, and promises was overwhelming. I was excited—and a little anxious.

It had been years since I worked as a developer. Could I find my footing again with command-line tools, Visual Studio, Gemini, and ChatGPT? Oracle’s training and roadmap helped, as did generous people willing to share their expertise.

Being old school, I started with a written brief—the attached outline of what I wanted to accomplish. That became my organizing tool for an ongoing dialogue with Gemini. To my considerable pleasure, I built a working application. It needed much more work before production, but seeing an idea take shape was both reassuring and energizing.

What excites me most is how these capabilities can be harnessed for the employee benefits ecosystem: helping people interpret complex rules, resolve exceptions, and make better decisions. More accessible development tools open new possibilities for experienced benefits professionals and our development team alike.

I see this as a move from UX—User Experience—to UA—User Augmentation: using AI to extend a person’s knowledge, judgment, and ability to act.

I arrived wondering whether I could still build something. I left enjoying the learning—and imagining what we could build next.

My PFML Effort