

Discuss: slack.softwarecrafters.org (channel #loc_montréal)
Past meetups notes: github.com/Software-Crafters-Montreal/meetups
Contact: crafters-mtl@googlegroups.com
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This group is for any developer, whoever you are, and whatever language or technology you're familiar with.
Join us if you are interested in testing, DDD, software architecture, clean code, refactoring, challenges of working with legacy code, pairing/mobbing, etc.
As Software Crafters, we improve professional software development skills through practice and helping others learn the know-how.
We do appreciate the following:
Looking for the left parts, we found that we needed the right parts.
The Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship: http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/
Code of Conduct
Our meetup is a harassment-free place for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate at any time, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter, and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the meetup at the discretion of the organizers.
Detailed version: https://github.com/socrates-ca/socrates-ca.github.io/wiki/Code-of-Conduct
Bienvenue dans l’atelier du Père Noël 2.0 !
Pour ce 17e jour de notre calendrier de l’Avent Coda, on vous propose un défi spécial : refactorer un code logistique elfique qui a mangé trop de spaghettis.
Au programme:
Pourquoi participer?
Pratiquer le refactoring en conditions réelles (avec des tests qui ne mentent pas !)
Découvrir des techniques de clean code applicables dans tous vos projets
Prérequis : Un IDE ou un éditeur de code et l'envie d'aider le père Noël et les elfes !
Langages possibles: Java, C#, PHP, TypeScript.
Liens utiles:
Calendrier de l'Avent disponible ici
Notre serveur Discord pour rejoindre l'aventure

Augmented Coding is more than just asking an AI to help you write code.
You externalize your decision points, heuristics, and workflows into artifacts the agent can follow. The agent becomes your mentee.
As you do that, you change your focus from low-level details to high-level intent and methodology. Decisions that were unconscious become explicit.
In this talk, I’ll share my story of how I learned to teach AI a Software Crafter’s approach to development.
The agent follows a rigorous TDD process with 121 unique nodes and 131 directed edges that can run autonomously for hours, creating dozens of commits.
It covers advanced context engineering and techniques to increase autonomy while aiming to maintain quality.
And I will tell real stories of AI-enabled breakthroughs in real-world product development.

Developers find themselves in a world where old maps no longer apply. The rules of software development have fundamentally shifted, and continue shifting at unprecedented speeds.
Drawing from a year of exploration, this talk reveals where AI truly shines - from rapid prototyping to uncovering what we didn't know we didn't know - and hidden dangers that can erode the very trust our software depends on.
Come discover the patterns emerging from this new reality: when to explore freely, when to be careful, and what opens up when the old constraints disappear.


Discuss: slack.softwarecrafters.org (channel #loc_montréal)
Past meetups notes: github.com/Software-Crafters-Montreal/meetups
Contact: crafters-mtl@googlegroups.com
---
This group is for any developer, whoever you are, and whatever language or technology you're familiar with.
Join us if you are interested in testing, DDD, software architecture, clean code, refactoring, challenges of working with legacy code, pairing/mobbing, etc.
As Software Crafters, we improve professional software development skills through practice and helping others learn the know-how.
We do appreciate the following:
Looking for the left parts, we found that we needed the right parts.
The Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship: http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/
Code of Conduct
Our meetup is a harassment-free place for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity, and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery are not appropriate at any time, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter, and other online media. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the meetup at the discretion of the organizers.
Detailed version: https://github.com/socrates-ca/socrates-ca.github.io/wiki/Code-of-Conduct
Bienvenue dans l’atelier du Père Noël 2.0 !
Pour ce 17e jour de notre calendrier de l’Avent Coda, on vous propose un défi spécial : refactorer un code logistique elfique qui a mangé trop de spaghettis.
Au programme:
Pourquoi participer?
Pratiquer le refactoring en conditions réelles (avec des tests qui ne mentent pas !)
Découvrir des techniques de clean code applicables dans tous vos projets
Prérequis : Un IDE ou un éditeur de code et l'envie d'aider le père Noël et les elfes !
Langages possibles: Java, C#, PHP, TypeScript.
Liens utiles:
Calendrier de l'Avent disponible ici
Notre serveur Discord pour rejoindre l'aventure

Augmented Coding is more than just asking an AI to help you write code.
You externalize your decision points, heuristics, and workflows into artifacts the agent can follow. The agent becomes your mentee.
As you do that, you change your focus from low-level details to high-level intent and methodology. Decisions that were unconscious become explicit.
In this talk, I’ll share my story of how I learned to teach AI a Software Crafter’s approach to development.
The agent follows a rigorous TDD process with 121 unique nodes and 131 directed edges that can run autonomously for hours, creating dozens of commits.
It covers advanced context engineering and techniques to increase autonomy while aiming to maintain quality.
And I will tell real stories of AI-enabled breakthroughs in real-world product development.

Developers find themselves in a world where old maps no longer apply. The rules of software development have fundamentally shifted, and continue shifting at unprecedented speeds.
Drawing from a year of exploration, this talk reveals where AI truly shines - from rapid prototyping to uncovering what we didn't know we didn't know - and hidden dangers that can erode the very trust our software depends on.
Come discover the patterns emerging from this new reality: when to explore freely, when to be careful, and what opens up when the old constraints disappear.
Get in touch!
hi@guild.host