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

The Broken Rung: How AI is Rebuilding Software Development from the Ground Up

Tomislav Tipurić

AI didn't just break the junior developer pipeline. It is triggering a massive synthetic debt crisis. Discover how to rebuild your engineering teams to survive this disruption.

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Artificial intelligence evolution and its impact on engineering careers

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Rethinking junior engineering roles amid generative AI capabilities

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Generative artificial intelligence and programming fundamentals

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Motivations for adopting AI to enhance developer productivity

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Navigating technical debt generation in the era of AI

Adam Tornhill · Coffee With Developers

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Shifting bottlenecks in the era of AI code generation

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