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# Technical Debt when Vibe coding


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1942-technical-debt-when-vibe-coding)

## Description

AI-assisted development trades long-term engineering health for short-term speed. This talk explores technical debt in the age of vibe coding why +89% more bugs appear alongside 67% faster development. Learn how to balance velocity with responsibility through structured AI engineering: Claude Code, agent separation, automated review, and decomposition-first practices.

## Speaker

### [Dishu Bagga](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@dishu-bagga)

Software Engineer at Deutsche Bank


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