Recap: Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg #4
A recap of Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg
On January 20, 2026, we kicked off the new year with Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg #4 at Engel & Völkers HQ—and what a night it was.
Over 200 RSVPs, nearly 100 people on the waiting list, sold out in record time. The signal is clear: the community isn’t waiting on the sidelines. People want to share, learn, and build together.
Huge thanks to Engel & Völkers for hosting us and going the extra mile—drinks, beer, wine, and pizza all covered.
Here’s a recap of the talks from that evening.
The Claude Code Wars and the Return of The Software Spec – Episode II
Speaker: Stefan Munz
Stefan explored why letting go of control strategically is the key to unlocking AI’s full potential. The talk made the case that better specs, not better prompts, are the real game-changer when working with AI coding assistants. View the slides.
The Zero-Code Hardware Hack: When Claude Becomes Your Electronics Engineer
Speaker: Tobias Schlottke
Tobias shared his experience building a kid-friendly audio player with an ESP32 microcontroller—despite having no embedded systems experience. The entire project was built through conversation with Claude, demonstrating how AI can help bridge knowledge gaps in hardware development.
Shipping Critical Systems by Asking Questions
Speakers: Sebastian Korfmann & Thies Arntzen
Sebastian and Thies presented how they rebuilt a 20-year legacy system using Claude Code without writing a single line of code by hand. The talk covered their approach to shipping critical systems through conversation and careful questioning.
Open Mic Session
After the main talks, we opened the stage for spontaneous lightning demos. Several attendees took the opportunity to showcase their solutions in 5-minute slots. One demo focused on turning non-deterministic inputs into deterministic outputs using Claude Skills and Commands—a great example of the creative workflows our community is building.
As one presenter reflected: live demos have a way of failing at the worst moment, but the message still got through. That’s the spirit of our meetups—a safe space to share experiments, even the ones that don’t go perfectly.
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