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AI-Powered Development: Vibe Code Doesn’t Work! You Won’t Believe What You Should Do Instead!
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2025-11-20 –, Stage 2 (second floor)

Is VibeCoding the new hot stuff? What happens when users without any programming skills start jamming with AI or throw the entire spec into the magic machine at once? We've seen it—the "code of horror."

Is AI now completely useless for professional software development? We don’t think so. A brief demo will show how we manage to retain control using iterative prompting and test-driven development (TDD). And yes, it doesn't work entirely without programming knowledge...

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Marco Emrich

Marco ist Architekt und Consultant bei codecentric, Lehrbeauftragter an der FH Salzburg und leidenschaftlicher Verfechter von SoftwareCraft & Qualität. Er hält regelmäßig Vorträge auf Konferenzen und ist Autor mehrerer Fachbücher. Wenn er mal nicht tief im Code vergraben ist, verliert er gerade gegen seine Kinder in analogen Brettspielen. Du kannst ihm unter linkedin.com/in/marco-emrich folgen ;)

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Ferdinand Ade

Ferdi is a Developer & Consultant at codecentric. He cares about software craft and quality and is a fan of pairing/ ensemble work to increase the odds. Ferdi is co-host of the Software Craft Leipzig Meetup and believes experimental hands-on sessions are the way to learn.

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