Why Vibe-Coding Fails (And How to Fix It)
You tried GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, even Claude. But instead of productivity gains, you got messy code and frustrated teams.
The problem isn't the AI, it's the approach. Most developers are 'vibe coding': throwing random prompts at AI hoping for magic. That's not agentic engineering.
In this live demo, I'll code a real feature in half the usual time, showing what separates vibe-coding from professional agentic engineering. You'll see how treating AI as a co-worker is just the beginning. The real power comes from teaching AI your architecture patterns and engineering practices.
Engineers will discover why their AI attempts felt frustrating and master techniques to make AI accelerate their work. CTOs will learn to guide their teams from AI-skeptics to engineers who ship 50% faster without sacrificing quality. Time to stop experimenting and start delivering. The magic is real, it's just been buried under bad practices.
Target Audience: Senior developers, tech leads, CTOs, and engineering managers
Prerequisites:none
Level: Introductory
Agentic Software Engineering Advocate
Benedikt Stemmildt is an Agentic Software Engineering Advocate with 20+ years enterprise experience who helps CTOs overcome frustrated developers struggling with AI assistants. Having led 70+ developers at companies like OTTO, Breuninger, and BLUME 2000, he transforms AI frustration into reliable productivity through context engineering methodologies that achieve 10x efficiency improvements while preserving programming joy.