Software 2.0: It's Not Vibe Coding, But It's Not Business as Usual Either

When

Thursday February 19^th, 2026 @ 5:30 PM

Who

Aaron Stannard

Where

SmartDraw Software

RSVP

How is AI-assisted development fundamentally shifting the way we verify software?

In this talk, Aaron explores how the rise of AI-powered development tools is changing the game for software engineers. This isn’t “vibe coding” — it’s a real shift in how we think about building and verifying software systems. Key topics include:

1. Prompt engineering effectiveness: how to get the most out of AI-assisted development tools.
2. Designing feedback mechanisms: building systems that catch AI errors before they reach production.
3. Blast radius planning: managing risk when your development process involves probabilistic outputs rather than deterministic ones.

Modern development increasingly involves building systems whose behavior is probabilistic rather than deterministic — and that requires new approaches to verification, testing, and risk management.

Food / Drinks

Food and drinks will be provided! Please contact us (on meetup) if you have any dietary restrictions/food allergies.

Directions and Parking Instructions

Meeting will be held in the offices of SmartDraw Software, 1780 Hughes Landing Blvd #1100 on the 11th floor. Free parking is available in the adjacent garage.