Slow Down to Move Fast: Reclaim Your Team’s Time & Maximize Development Velocity

Talk description
Why do mobile projects struggle? It’s rarely a lack of coding skill; it’s the “Ambiguity Gap” between an idea, its specification, and its final implementation. When we rush to deliver, we rely on “promises” instead of “contracts,” leading to expensive rework and wasted engineering hours.

In this talk, Oleksii shares a pragmatic approach to closing this gap and gaining time to focus on what actually matters:

• The Foundation: Why architecture is essentially a “Response to Risks.” We’ll explore the core factors shaping a system - from Quality Attributes to the team’s “personal pain experience.”
• Signal vs. Noise: We’ll discuss what to include in your specs and which formats to use to keep them Lean and High-Impact.
• Automated Guardrails: How to leverage modern AI to turn static Markdown specs into active gatekeepers, automatically blocking architectural drift and freeing up developers for actual coding.

Speaker
Oleksii is a Solution Architect with over 15 years of experience in Android and Java Backend ecosystems, having spent more than 5 years shaping the future of mobile payments at TWINT.
He specializes in bridging the gap between complex business ideas and resilient mobile architecture, drawing on extensive experience in high-load Swiss fintech. Beyond his focus on Spec-Driven Development, Oleksii is dedicated to hardening architectural security, operationalizing AI for pragmatic engineering workflows, and driving cross-platform efficiency with Kotlin Multiplatform.

Talk language
English

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Remote attendance
Can't join us in person? The talk will be recorded and live-streamed via Vimeo.
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