About Feature Flags And Who is In Control in the Age of AI Agents
About this event
Dear Java Community,
We’re excited to invite you to the next OpenValue Meetup on July 8th in Düsseldorf!
Join us at our office at Am Wehrhahn 41, 40211 Düsseldorf, for an evening exploring two of the biggest trends shaping modern software engineering. We'll discuss how AI agents are changing the way we build software—and what it means to stay in control when machines can write and even deploy code. We'll also dive into feature flags with OpenFeature, learning how they enable safer releases, greater flexibility, and more consistent configuration across cloud-native applications.
We’ll take care of refreshing drinks and tasty food—you just bring your curiosity and questions!
👉 Please RSVP to confirm your attendance.
🗓️ Agenda
17:30 – Doors open / Walk-in
18:00 – First Talk
18:45 – Break
19:00 – Second Talk
19:45 – Drinks & Discussions
🎤 Talks
OpenFeature -- one flag to rule them all
by Alexei Bratuhin
This talk explores overcoming microservice complexity through feature flags. It shows how OpenFeature enables flexible, consistent configuration, faster previews, and adaptive deployments—ranging from simple custom setups to enterprise-grade solutions—for more efficient and controlled cloud-native development.
Software engineering in the age of AI agents: who’s in control?
by Bert Jan Schrijver
An AI deletes a production database… and insists it didn’t. Welcome to modern software engineering.
Generative AI is becoming a powerful collaborator: writing code, making changes, taking action. But it doesn’t always do what we think it does.
In this keynote, we’ll explore what’s really changing: from writing code to verifying it, from building to guiding, and from trusting systems to critically reviewing them.
I’ll share personal stories, industry insights, successes and failures, and how to responsibly use rapidly evolving AI tools.
Because even if you let AI do the work, you’re still accountable for the outcome.
We’re looking forward to another great evening of learning, sharing, and networking—don’t miss out!
See you on July 8th! 👋
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