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Coffee With Developers • Jun 3, 2026

Teaching APIs Beyond the Docs - Alex Goldman

Alex Goldman

Alex Goldman argues engineers learn best by mutating working software, not reading sterile docs. Discover how gamified, live-production puzzles with Hollywood lore are revolutionizing API onboarding.

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#1 about 2 min

Gamifying developer education with live platform challenges

A new interactive experience teaches developers how to build systems using live platform challenges.

#2 about 2 min

Building interactive storylines for technical developer training

Integrating narrative elements and interactive missions replaces annoying pop-ups in technical training programs.

#3 about 2 min

Managing voice operations and AI agent orchestration

Using managed relays to handle difficult parts of voice agents avoids bugs with interruption handling.

#4 about 2 min

The importance of context in automated AI interactions

Providing customer history to AI agents prevents hallucinations and repetitive bot responses.

#5 about 2 min

Securing authentication systems against SIM swapping attacks

Using carrier data and lookup APIs improves the reliability of SMS-based two-factor authentication.

#6 about 2 min

Using artificial intelligence as a secure communication layer

Separating underlying infrastructure from customer communication channels reduces the risk of hijacked agent models.

#7 about 1 min

Enabling live translations with AI voice-to-text pipelines

Combining speech-to-text models with translation services enables seamless real-time multilingual voice relay.

#8 about 3 min

Teaching software skills inside real production environments

Replacing browser-based sandboxes with live infrastructure challenges builds highly practical developer problem-solving skills.

#9 about 3 min

Replacing static learning management systems with unified experiences

Creating storyline-driven technical demonstrations replaces dry educational courses with highly engaging interactive content.

#10 about 2 min

Prototyping technical educational games with AI code tools

Using artificial intelligence code generators accelerates the core architecture building of interactive development games.

#11 about 3 min

The impact of AI on foundational developer skills

Relying heavily on auto-generated code introduces the danger of developers losing basic problem-solving abilities.

#12 about 3 min

Adapting software education to the reality of AI assistants

Encouraging developers to start with working paradigms allows them to strategically use AI to modify existing code bases.

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Summarizing developer experience and artificial intelligence companions

Robert Hoffmann Robert Hoffmann +1 · LIVE

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Using artificial intelligence to reimagine developer experience

Alexander Trusheim Alexander Trusheim +1 · WWC 2025

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Prashanth Chandrasekar Prashanth Chandrasekar · WWC 2023

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Demetris Cheatham Demetris Cheatham +1 · WWC 2024

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Neel Sundaresan Neel Sundaresan +1 · WWC Europe 2026

2:23 min

The transforming role of developers in the AI era

Mateusz Gren Mateusz Gren +1 · WWC Europe 2026

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