Kölsche Tech Night Meetup

Alexander will share how Generative AI is reshaping Bundesliga fan engagement, reveal key projects and obstacles, and explain how Amazon’s “Working Backwards” approach helps integrate AI into processes and culture.

Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally reshaping how we build software. It's not just about better tools, but about transforming the people, roles, and processes that make up the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). In this talk, we explore how AI is changing the roles necessary in software development and what humans do. We'll examine practical impacts on the SDLC, dive deep into real-world transformations, and share both success stories and pitfalls from the field.

Most ideas don’t fail because they are bad. They fail because they are stopped too early. And in many cases, that happens in our own heads. We hear an idea and quickly decide: “this won’t work” or “we’ve tried this before.” It feels efficient, but it often means the idea never gets tested at all.In this talk, you’ll start noticing how quickly you reject ideas without realizing it, why your past experience can block new thinking, and what small changes help you give ideas a fair chance.