Beyond vibe coding: Mastering the AI-native SDLC from code to production

About This Session

AI is transforming how software is planned, built, tested, modernized, and deployed—but moving beyond vibe coding requires more than generating code. This keynote explores the AI-native SDLC in practice and how developers can use AI across the entire development lifecycle. Discover how an intelligent development partner can help teams move from ideas to production-ready software faster while maintaining quality, security, and control. Through real-world stories and examples, including solutions built by Bobathon participants, we'll explore how AI is helping developers turn ideas into impact and why the next era of software development is about far more than writing code.

Speaker

Amith Singhee

Research Director · IBM

Research Director at IBM

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As Research Director, Amith manages the Research division in IBM India with the mission of driving forward-looking innovation that fuels growth for IBM’s products and services. This includes foundational research in the areas of AI, Quantum Computing, and Cybersecurity. As CTO, he engages with the regional ecosystem in academia and industry to represent IBM’s technology vision and drive collaborations in Sovereign AI and quantum computing. As Director in IBM Software Innovation for AI on and for IBM Z, Amith leads a global research effort to advance the state of the art in Foundation Models and Agentic AI for Software Engineering and Automation research to accelerate and enhance the software development and operations lifecycle on IBM mainframes. These innovations drive value for clients via a number of AI-native products from IBM. Amith is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Carnegie Mellon University.