We Got Over 600 Ideas in a Week | The 229 Podcast with Derek De Young

September 24, 2026: Bill Russell sits down with Derek De Young of Epic, the research and development lead Judy named as owner of Agent Factory at UGM. What CIOs keep calling a low-code builder is still a development preview. Epic staff are building alongside the sites. Early adopter is a checklist at the end of October. GA is a Q1/Q2 goal. One webinar produced over 600 ideas in a week. Inova ran measles chart reviews 15 times faster and asked to share the agent. Two teams at the first build-a-thon built the same job: $1.10 a run vs 10 cents.

Key Points:

• 0:00 Agent Factory is still early

• 7:45 What's actually available

• 11:18 A code-status agent in production

• 20:13 Chart reviews 15 times faster

• 22:17 Take it, shape it, make it

• 24:14 Who should build

• 26:49 Cost, traces, kill switches

• 45:29 600 ideas in a week

• 48:53 What to do in the next 90 days

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