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Victor Rentea on Agentic Engineering, Training, and Getting Promoted with AI
Victor Rentea is a software engineer and architect, and an instructor. He's trained thousands of people in person at 150+ companies around the world. He's the highest-energy trainer and speaker I've come across.
You can find Victor's workshops at https://victorrentea.ro
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0:00 Intro
1:03 What Victor's training still teaches after AI
4:57 AI as a promotion: architect, product, or QA ninja
9:35 LGTM fatigue and multi-LLM code review
16:06 Victor's agentic setup: mouse-driven, voice-dictated
18:27 Software craftsmanship in the agentic era
22:25 Victor's training style and high energy
27:05 Handling contradictions in the room
31:47 Memorable trainings and the 80-senior room
36:12 How to start as a trainer/consultant
44:29 Juniors and skill erosion in the AI era
50:24 Over-engineering, hexagonal architecture, and AI
55:00 Tests, Gherkin, and acceptance-driven development
1:01:24 How Victor learns: newsletters and bright people
1:03:21 The JPoint failure that made Victor a better speaker
1:05:53 Advice for mid-senior devs riding the AI wave
16 Sept 2026
Stephan Janssen on Devoxx, Agentic Engineering and Staying Ahead of the Curve
Stephan Janssen is the founder of Devoxx, the largest chain of developer conferences in the world.
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0:00 Intro
1:13 Vibe coding the Devoxx Companion app
5:30 Spec-driven development and the client-side validation bug
9:00 Token economics: spending €500 in one hour
15:00 Selfware and local models on Mac Studio
17:15 AI trends at Devoxx: MCP, agentic engineering, vibe coding's death
23:00 DHH's 180° and the developer renaissance
31:00 AI alignment and the Hugging Face agent incident
39:48 Skills still worth having as a senior engineer
44:28 What makes an amazing conference talk
49:17 Memorable Devoxx moments: hoverboards and proposals
55:20 Landing great speakers: bribing Joshua Bloch with Belgian beer
1:00:56 The future of Devoxx and DevRel in the age of AI agents
1:03:01 Robotics, local models, and what to learn next
19 Aug 2026
Trisha Gee on the Software Job Market, Skill Atrophy, and the Death of Stack Overflow
Trisha Gee is a software engineer with more than 20 yeras of experience, a Java Champion and author of several books on Java and developer productivity. She is a frequent conference and keynote speaker and has held many roles around developer advocacy, training, consulting, and now managing an open-source project (the Aeron messaging protocol).
You can find Trisha's work at https://trishagee.com/
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0:00 Intro
0:54 The Rise and Fall of Stack Overflow
5:05 Shortcuts vs. Fundamentals: Where to Draw the Line
15:03 What Actually Hasn't Changed in Software Engineering
21:04 Misusing the Word 'Refactor'
25:46 The Future of IDEs in an Agentic World
32:12 Teaching Developers to Read Code
37:58 Burnout: The 100% Capacity Problem
37:59 AI and the Joy of Coding
45:59 The Disappearing Junior Developer Pipeline
51:55 Pair Programming at LMAX: 6 Months vs. 10 Years
1:00:20 What Developer Advocacy Looks Like Now
1:07:18 Staying Relevant Without Panicking
1:18:09 Rebuilding a Website with Claude
1:24:04 Skill Atrophy and Using AI Without Losing Your Edge
1:31:19 Blogs and Resources Worth Reading
1:37:24 Are We Close to AI Best Practices?
1:40:03 Aeron, Determinism, and Agent Control Planes
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