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These are raw notes, typed or handwritten live during the talk. Expect transcription errors, typos and video timestamps that can be a few minutes off. Each heading with a timestamp jumps to that minute of the video. The ⭐ cards are the talks I recommend first.

Monday 5 October

Mon 0109:30· Deep DiveFrom Autocomplete to Autopilot: How AI Is Changing the Developer ExperienceTugdual Grall⭐ Top 6▶ VideoMon 0212:40· Lunch TalkJava, LEGO & AI: Teaching the Next Generation to Build, Not Just PromptEddy Vos▶ VideoMon 0313:30· Deep DiveFrom Developer to Builder: A Spec-Driven Development Deep DiveSimon Martinelli⭐ Top 5▶ VideoMon 0416:50· Tools-in-ActionSecure Your Coding Agent Like It’s MalwareRichard Gross▶ VideoMon 0517:35· Tools-in-ActionStopping AI-Generated Architectural Drift: Deterministic Guardrails for Agentic CodingSasha Podlesniuk▶ VideoMon 0618:20· Tools-in-ActionOne tool to rule them all: bash, a tiny LLM, and the birth of a coding agentPhilippe Charrière▶ Video

Tuesday 6 October

Tue 0109:30· Deep DiveLoop Engineering, beyond prompt, context, and harness engineeringGuillaume Laforge, Wietse Venema⭐ Top 4▶ VideoTue 0212:40· Lunch TalkMeasuring the Unmeasurable: Evaluating Generative AI in PracticeErin Pacquetet▶ VideoTue 0313:30· Deep DiveResponsibly Dimming the Lights in the Software FactoryVictor Rentea⭐ Top 1▶ Video

Wednesday 7 October

Wed 0109:30· KeynoteWednesday KeynotesStephan Janssen, Jan Van Wassenhove, Prince Canuma, Jean-Laurent de Morlhon, Ron Pressler, Victor RenteaWed 0212:00· ConferenceMCP 2.0 - Stateless, New Auth (CIMD), and Exciting ExtensionsJames Ward▶ VideoWed 0314:00· ConferenceHarness Engineering: Building the System Around Your AI Coding AgentJI Darwish▶ VideoWed 0415:10· ConferenceHow to survive and thrive as a dev (team) in the exponential age of AI. Real-world AI adoption, smarter ways of working, and lessons from the front linesSander Hoogendoorn▶ VideoWed 0516:40· ConferenceArchitecture Observability and GuardrailsVictor Rentea▶ Video

Thursday 8 October

Thu 0109:30· ConferenceFrom vibe coding to harness engineering: modernizing a regulated environment with AIAnyul Rivas⭐ Top 3▶ VideoThu 0210:40· ConferenceCoder, Coach, Catalyst - using questions to make people growMartin Mazur▶ VideoThu 0311:50· ConferenceThe Rise of Agent Enablement: Coding Agents Don't Scale Themselves. Neither Do Your Teams.Patrick Debois⭐ Top 2▶ VideoThu 0413:50· ConferenceThe Hexagonal HangoverTies van de Ven▶ VideoThu 0515:00· ConferenceBuild a private cluster for the officeJohn Davies▶ VideoThu 0616:30· ConferenceADRs: The Why and HowVenkat Subramaniam▶ VideoThu 0718:55· Closing KeynoteF*ck The System, and other bad ideas for the futureJo Caudron▶ Video

Friday 9 October

Fri 0109:30· ConferenceIn the loop, not in the dark: staying in control in the era of dark software factoriesAlex Gavrilescu▶ VideoFri 0210:40· ConferenceIs AI killing XP practices? (Or are we letting it?)Nacho Cougil