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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Rules, Heuristics, or LLMs? Lessons from Solving the Same Problem Twice

Artur Naumenko

One engineering team built a drunk text generator twice. They pitted traditional heuristics against a fine-tuned LLM. Discover which approach truly minimizes hidden technical debt.

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