World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 25, 2026 • Session details

What Is a Software Factory and How to Build One in 20 Minutes

Fully autonomous AI coding creates crippling comprehension debt. Discover how to build a human-led software factory in 20 minutes, using AI for implementation while you control the architecture.

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3:06 min

Defining the modern software factory model

Matan Grinberg

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3:27 min

Core practices for building effective software factories

Dexter Horthy

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2:35 min

Exploring the reality of dark software factories

Darko Mesaros

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Automating the software development lifecycle with AI

Matan Grinberg

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1:36 min

Automating software development with dark factories

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The shift toward agentic software factories and orchestration

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