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Back to the Future of Software - AI Survival Guide for Developers

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Explore this keynote conference talk from GeeCON 2025 that presents a humorous yet practical approach to working with AI in software development. Learn how to leverage your domain expertise to effectively guide AI tools rather than being replaced by them, using structured prompts and testing methodologies. Discover strategies for bridging the "intent-to-prompt chasm" that often leads to suboptimal AI outputs, and master the "Intent Integrity Chain" technique for maintaining control over AI-generated code and solutions. Understand how to apply the "Art of the Possible" framework to maximize AI productivity while preserving human oversight and decision-making authority. The presentation combines entertainment with actionable insights, featuring demonstrations of AI-assisted development workflows, best practices for prompt engineering, and methods for integrating AI tools into existing software development processes. Gain perspective on treating AI as a powerful but supervised assistant rather than an autonomous replacement, with emphasis on maintaining code quality, testing standards, and architectural integrity in an AI-augmented development environment.

Syllabus

GeeCON 2025: Baruch Sadogursky, Leonid Igolnik - Back to the Future of Software

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