AI-powered software development from the trenches

How can you turbo-charge your development productivity with AI help? How can you use LLMs to insert intelligence into your products? Most devs use AI assistance in one way or another, but greatly underestimate what is possible to do. In this workshop we go beyond the basics and unlock the next level.

In this masterclass I'll share practical experiences from AI-powered software development - tips, tricks, and pitfalls - using mostly live demos, exercises, and discussion. This is a hand-on workshop with minimum slides. We'll use the latest and best development tools and jump into the trenches, building stuff and discussing and learning as we go.

These techniques will signicantly reduce your time from Idea to Release, which is a nice feeling

Target audience:
- Professional developers
- Technical leaders with a background in coding (it is OK if you are super rusty)
- People who used to code once upon a time, and want to get into it again now that the threshold is so much lower

Some topics we will cover:
- Helping your AI navigate large complex codebases
- Modern dev tools like Cursor and Claude Code
- Providing the right context (rule files, summarization, plan files, etc).
- Planning mode & long-running tasks
- How to maintain quality and avoid technical debt
- When and when not to care about the actual code
- When and how much to use AI-assistance
- Debugging
- Beyond coding: Using AI agents in backlog management, release management, and other downstream/upstream processes
- Impact on the overall development process