Speaker Spotlight: Benedikt Terhechte – Humans Still Needed: Learnings from Refactoring an Ancient Codebase
Benedikt Terhechte shares what it takes to port a 100k LoC Obj-C/OpenGL iOS game to modern iOS with AI – and where the agent hit its limits.
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Benedikt Terhechte shares what it takes to port a 100k LoC Obj-C/OpenGL iOS game to modern iOS with AI – and where the agent hit its limits.
Daniel Schreiber and Felix Behrendt share how two non-developers built a 116K LoC production system for 85 technicians across Germany – with AI coding tools, domain knowledge, and weekends.
Alexander Stolle shares how XING moved from structured exploration of AI coding tools to choosing a stack – and how to evaluate value when there's no simple ROI calculation.
Hendrik Mans introduces Woop Coding – what happens when experienced developers stop vibing and start using AI agents as a true extension of themselves.
Lutz Feldhege built a custom MCP server that connects Cursor to his full production infrastructure – 19 Docker containers, 7 microservices, and 3 databases.
Tilman Dietrich built a fully automated pipeline that turns top AI research papers into podcast episodes, blog posts, YouTube Shorts, and newsletters – completely hands-off.
Luise Freese walks through concrete failure modes she's encountered shipping agentic systems – and the mitigation patterns that actually work.
Marvin Kruse shares his journey of rediscovering the joy of building software with Kiro – and why solid engineering fundamentals still matter when AI does the typing.
Nele Lea Uhlemann built a custom Skill that balances AI delegation with developer learning – proving that AI can make you a better developer, not just a faster one.
Jannik Streek compares Spec Driven Development frameworks for agentic coding and shares practical lessons on when writing specs actually pays off.