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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Five things in tech that matter and we have to make work

Christian Heilmann

Hackers are weaponizing AI hallucinations to trick developers into downloading malicious payloads via phantom dependencies. Discover five crucial tech shifts we must make work to secure the engineering future.

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#1 about 6 min

The rise and fall of the programmable web

How tools like Yahoo Pipes and YQL enabled creative web mashups before monetization challenges restricted data access.

#2 about 2 min

The shift from open APIs to AI interfaces

Why technology companies closed their public endpoints and transitioned to AI conversational systems despite monetization struggles.

#3 about 2 min

Embracing code generation and modern editor evolution

How the transition toward hackable editors and automated systems eliminates repetitive programming tasks and shifts focus to maintenance.

#4 about 3 min

Managing security risks introduced by autonomous AI agents

Strategies for protecting infrastructure against unauthorized data scraping and emerging supply chain vulnerabilities like package slot squatting.

#5 about 2 min

Prioritizing human collaboration and social skills over coding

The growing necessity of teamwork, clear documentation, and emotional intelligence in a highly automated technical landscape.

#6 about 3 min

Addressing outdated context in AI-driven developer education

Reimagining learning resources to teach foundational concepts instead of serving outdated copy-paste solutions via language models.

#7 about 2 min

Rejecting gatekeeping to foster inclusive tech environments

Discarding rigid definitions of professional standards to support a welcoming culture across all technical and product roles.

Matching moments

3:32 min

Preserving the joy and curiosity of human coding

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +4 · LIVE

3:21 min

Evolving the developer role beyond writing code syntax

Matan Grinberg Matan Grinberg +2 · World Congress 2026 North America

3:55 min

Rethinking software engineering processes beyond human constraints

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

1:01 min

The enduring relevance of developer experience in the AI era

Artem Mukhin Artem Mukhin · World Congress 2026 North America

11:41 min

Generative artificial intelligence and programming fundamentals

Chris Heilmann Chris Heilmann +2 · LIVE

3:33 min

Navigating developer bottlenecks and human accountability

Werner Vogels Werner Vogels +1 · World Congress 2026 Europe

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