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# RoboCoders: Judgment Day: AI-Assisted Engineering Applied - The Battle of Agents


- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Agentic AI-assisted engineering tools promise cleaner code, faster development, and fewer late-night debugging sessions. But do they truly deliver?

In this live showdown, Viktor and Baruch will each use a different set of cutting-edge AI coding tools, like an IDEs and CLI agents (we'd name them, but honestly, things move too fast in this space), to develop a non-trivial IoT application, from initial setup to testing and debugging, all live on stage.

Will the IoT bulb turn on by the end of the session, and which tool will make it happen? You don't know, we don't know, but we'll find out together—live on stage.

You, the audience, decide which tool actually improves quality and productivity and which just adds noise instead of useful code. Bring your skepticism, cast your vote, and get ready for surprises.

## Speakers

### [Baruch Sadogursky](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@baruch-sadogursky)

Member of DevRel Staff, Tessl AI
### [Viktor Gamov](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@viktor-gamov)

Principal Developer Advocate, Confluent


## Related talks at this congress

- [Beyond Vibe Coding: Using CLI Tools as Your AI Counterpart in Pair Programming](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1721-beyond-vibe-coding) — Ron Veen
- [From Idea to Production with AI: Agentic Development in Practice](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1418-from-idea-to) — Daniel Ostrovsky
- [The spectrum of agentic coding: From vibe coding to high-quality software engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1437-the-spectrum-of) — YK Sugi
- [Loop Engineering in the Wild: A Live Multi-Agent Coding Session](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1743-loop-engineering-in) — Vlad Luzin

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## Links

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