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AI Empowered Devs, B. H. 18, Sofia (2026)

13/02/2026

Because a lot of people reached out asking for the recordings, we decided to make it easy and share everything in one place.

The main goal of this 3-part webinar series was simple: help engineers, CTOs and IT leaders with real, production-level experience - not AI hype.

Here are the recordings from all 3 sessions (enjoy):

1. (Recording/27.01.26) Session 1 (From IDE Autocomplete to 98% A Real AI First Dev Workflow) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZZplAoKm0M
2. (Recording/03.02.26) - Session 2 (Architecting for AI: principles, context and guardrails) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI12sEX_jas
3. (Recording/10.02.26) Session 3 (AI Roundtable 2026) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKbbh-HCr-s

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12/02/2026

AI will not replace your company. And it will not replace you. But…

It will replace 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀.
And it will replace 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀.

We had a great and quite insightful AI Roundtable about what actually changes for engineers, teams and software businesses

🙏𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲:
Timo Railo, Petri Lattu, Yani Lozanov, Martin Markov, Veli Pehlivanov.

This was one of those discussions packed with real experience and honest takes - the kind that could easily continue 3 more hours and people would still stay to the end.

🙏Also big thanks to everyone who attended live and asked sharp questions - you made the session better.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝟱 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲:

1. AI changes the unit of value - outcomes beat hours.
Martin Markov: “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 - 𝘪𝘯 6-12 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦.”

2. The real bottleneck is trust, risk and governance - not tools.
Petri Lattu: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 - 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯.”

3. Non-determinism is the new normal - you need systems that keep delivery on rails.
Timo Railo: “𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯.”

4. Small teams can suddenly punch above their weight - if context and ownership are strong.
Yani Lozanov: “𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵.”

5. Ex*****on gets cheaper, so iteration speed wins - planning changes.
Veli Pehlivanov: “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 ‘𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦’ 𝘵𝘰 ‘𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱.’”

𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁

• AI is a great equalizer - and a confidence trap if you stop understanding the output.
• New roles are emerging (not ‘prompt engineer’): agent architect, AI-aware project manager, reviewer/supervisor roles focused on validation, safety and quality.
• The “ticket implementer” role compresses. The “builder” role grows: people who combine engineering + product thinking + business context will win.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂: what’s the hardest part right now - business model, org constraints or engineering workflow?

07/02/2026

🚀 AI Roundtable (Live)
📅 Feb 10 | 🕖 7:00 pm (GMT+2) | 💻 Online - Panel + live Q&A

No hype. Just a real discussion on what changes for engineers, teams, and business models with LLMs.

➡️ Panelists
• Timo Railo - Founder & CTO, East (outsourced IT talent matchmaker)
• Petri Lattu - Strategy & Innovation, Siili Solutions Advisory
• Yani Lozanov - CEO & Founder, Ethera Technologies
• Veli Pehlivanov - Co-Founder & CTO, Resolute Software
• Martin Markov - CEO & Founder, Appolica | Venture studio

👉 Learn more: https://live.aiempowered.dev/

06/02/2026

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - Feb 10 (Tue), 7:00 pm (GMT+2)
This roundtable is for people who want real signal: what’s changing for engineers, teams and software businesses - and what to do next.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿?

➡️ 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀

• What’s really stopping engineers from going all-in with LLMs (beyond job fear)
• Who adapts fastest, who struggles and why
• What to learn, unlearn and stop doing to stay relevant

➡️ 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

• The hardest friction points when teams adopt LLMs
• Where resistance really comes from (engineering, leadership, compliance, clients)
• How teams try to measure progress: productivity, quality, learning, risk

➡️ 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀

• If delivery gets dramatically faster/cheaper, what breaks in today’s models
• What happens to hourly pricing and “time-based” thinking
• How you get clients comfortable with LLM usage in real engagements

➡️ 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

• What it means to be a “good engineer” in an LLM-first workflow
• Which parts of the job become more valuable and which quietly fade
• The honest answer to: “Should I be worried about my job?”

➡️ 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:

• Timo Railo (Founder & CTO, East – Outsourced IT talent matchmaker)
• Petri Lattu (Strategy & Innovation, Siili Solutions Advisory)
• Yani Lozanov (CEO & Founder, Ethera Technologies)
• Veli Pehlivanov (Co-Founder & CTO at Resolute Software)
• Martin Markov (CEO & Founder, Appolica | Venture studio)

➡️ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆: a practical map of how roles shift, what to learn next, and how to adopt AI without breaking your org.

➡️ Save your seat: https://live.aiempowered.dev/

06/02/2026

Session 2 was an eye-opener for us.

It also explained why opinions about AI in dev are so polarized:
- Some people try ChatGPT once, get sloppy output, and conclude “AI is useless.”
- Others iterate, set guardrails, learn the workflow and start getting repeatable results.

As Timo Railo said: “You didn’t learn Java in 2 weeks - so why expect to learn AI that fast?”

And Ferdi Nebiev’s line hit hard:
“The tools are mostly there. What’s missing is our skills.”

We’re going deeper in Session 3, with new industry insiders joining the discussion. Don’t miss this LIVE practical AI Roundtable. Come and ask questions.

Register here: https://live.aiempowered.dev/

Three lessons from Timo Railo’s AI-first engineering session 2 deep-dive:

1.⁠ ⁠Documentation is not enough, you need to make it executable

The approach at East – Outsourced IT talent matchmaker is that documentation is indexed and discoverable by design.

Because if an AI agent can't find it or verify it, it doesn't exist.

2.⁠ ⁠Proof artifacts > vibes

Timo showed us something uncomfortable but honest: a real production codebase with passing tests and visible policy failures.

You can move fast when you can prove you didn't break anything.

3.⁠ ⁠Structure does the heavy lifting

Clean module boundaries matter more than model intelligence.

Watching Timo walk through both a simple service module and the complex Signals Lab made this clear:

Predictability comes from architecture, not from better prompting.

Repository/service/router separation, explicit invariants, and single sources of truth mean even simpler agents succeed.

Amazing real-live coding session and great unfiltered look at Queast's codebase.

Session 3 on next Tuesday, February 10th at 7 PM GMT+2, is a roundtable discussion.

Register here: https://live.aiempowered.dev/

29/01/2026

🙌 Thanks to everyone who could join Session 1 of the AI-First Engineering in Production series.

👏 Huge thanks to Timo Railo for sharing his real-world AI dev experience openly and without holding anything back.

🎤 The big message was simple: this is not about clever prompting - it’s about building an engineering workflow where the LLM can succeed.

📌 Here’s the quick recap of what we covered in Session 1:

• AI-first dev is not “prompt tricks” - it’s an engineering workflow (architecture, proofs, guardrails, review habits).
• The biggest multiplier is minimizing context: smaller scope + clear boundaries beats dumping the whole repo into the model.
• Think like a team lead: the LLM is like a junior dev with perfect confidence and incurable amnesia - you need structure, docs, and a consistent “starting point”.
• Proof-driven development: every milestone should produce something verifiable (tests, CLI output, real artifact), not just more code.
• Keep code LLM-friendly by keeping it human-friendly: refactor messy areas, avoid huge classes/functions, enforce module boundaries.
• Tooling matters: the path from copy-paste ChatGPT -> Copilot -> Claude Code/Codex, and why guardrails/constraints improve quality.

🛠️ In Session 2 we intend to go deep into practice and actionable insights.
(Please note: Session 2 recording will be available only inside the AI Empowered Devs community platform.)

🔔Upcoming: Session 2 - Architecting for AI: principles, context, and guardrails
🗓️ Date: February 3, 2026
⏰Time: 19:00 (BG time)
💻Format: Online, live
🌏Language: English

If you still haven’t registered, you can do it here - https://events.aiempowered.dev/

See you in Session 2,
AI Empowered Devs

23/01/2026

📨We invite all Developers and Tech leaders with passion for technology to a 3-part Webinar about
✨“AI-First Engineering in Production: Real Workflow, Architecture and What Changes Next for Engineers, Teams and Roles”✨

Free. Live. Practical.

📅 Dates: January 27, February 3, and February 10, 2026
🕖 Time: 19:00 (BG time)
💻 Format: Online, live
🌍 Language: English

Seats are limited
👉 Reserve your seat - https://events.aiempowered.dev/
👇Check this quick Q&A: What to expect in the AI-First Engineering webinar:

20/01/2026

📣 For Developers, tech leads, and CTOs (IT companies):

✨Webinar: "AI-First Engineering in Production: Real Workflow, Architecture and What Changes Next for Engineers, Teams and Roles"✨

Free. Live. Practical. Shared lessons from production. Q&A.

Bring your hardest questions.
👉 Reserve your seat: https://events.aiempowered.dev/

AI coding demos look impressive.
Production is where most of them break. 🚧

In 3 live sessions, Timo Railo (CTO, East.fi) shows how his team moved daily engineering work to AI-first workflows in real production repositories. 🧠💻

→ What you’ll get out of this series?

You’ll walk away with a clear mental model and practical approaches you can apply immediately:

✅ A repeatable AI-first coding workflow that produces reviewable PRs (not "magic code dumps")
✅ How to review AI output using diffs and guardrails so quality stays under control
✅ How to design code and architecture that AI can safely extend over time
✅ Where AI succeeds, where it fails, and how to reduce the failure rate
✅ What’s changing for engineers and teams - and what skills matter next

This is not prompt engineering.
This is engineering engineering. 🔩

👉 Reserve your seat: https://events.aiempowered.dev/
⏰ Seats are limited.
Hosted by AI Empowered Devs Community

→ Send this to or Tag a developer friend who’s experimenting with AI.

14/01/2026

Вече има 180+ регистрации (15.01.26 - затваряме записванията).

Искаме накратко да споделим 3 сигнала, които ни показаха, че тази общност може да стане практична и полезна:

1. По отговорите от попълнените въпросници (180+ регистрации) се вижда, че се събира изключително интересна група - програмисти с разнообразни профили и опит, които вече тестват различни подходи и AI инструменти.
Общият сигнал e, че има нужда от практична среда за взаимопомощ и споделяне на опит с ясна цел - постигане на реални резултати – продуктивност, скорост, качество, намиране на по-добра работа, създаване на собствен продукт, изграждане на процеси за екипи.

2. Няколко програмиста, които ще бъдат част от общността, вече се съгласиха да направят live demo и да покажат как използват AI в момента и какво постигат. Това е посоката - практични демонстрации, не теория.

3. И една супер новина: имаме потвърдени дати за първите 3 уебинара и те ще бъдат напълно безплатни:

· 27 януари

· 3 февруари

· 10 февруари

Ще ни гостува човек, който вече има клиенти за AI-built продукт и ще покаже end-to-end workflow, как го изгражда и поддържа (включително как контролира качество и архитектура).

Планираме съвсем скоро и първата среща на общността и старт на първи пилотен кръг.

За записалите се: следи си имейла, ще изпратим дата и час в следващите 1-2 дена.

30/12/2025

📣Има вече 81 записвания за AI Empowered Devs.

Това ни дава увереност, че има хора, които търсят нещо практично и без излишен шум.

А групата, която се оформя е изключително интересна. Нямаме търпение да стартираме🤩

🎉 Засега - пожелаваме ви Весело посрещане на Новата година! Много здраве и спокойни моменти със семейството.

Януари започваме - следете си имейлите🙂

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