Lightning Talks!
- When
- Thursday April 16th, 2026 @ 5:30 PM
- Who
- Peter Hellmuth, Mark Wardell and Jon Badgett
- Where
- SmartDraw Software
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We are doing something a little different for our April 2026 meetup: Lightning Talks⚡⚡⚡!
Three speakers, 15-20 minutes each.
Our Lightning Talk Lineup
Mutant RALPH: Squeezing LLM Code with Adversarial Mutation Testing
Speaker: Peter Hellmuth, Senior Full Stack Developer at Logisolve
What if your AI coding agent had an adversary? A systems engineering experiment with a bash-orchestrated loop pitting a Writer agent against an Adversary using mutation testing (Stryker.NET). Identifies gaps in requirement enforcement, forces resolution of ambiguities through deterministic mutant killing.
Level: Intermediate Topics: C#, Architecture, Testing, Patterns & Best Practices, AI/ML
The Anatomy of a Smart Repo: Repo-Driven Development in 15 Minutes
Speaker: Mark Wardell, Founder at The Middle Way Software
You’ve got GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor — and your AI still wanders. Mark breaks down Repo-Driven Development (RDD): a lightweight methodology that turns your Git repository into an intelligent project manager for AI-assisted coding. In 15 minutes you’ll see what makes a repo “smart” — structured issues, intentional epics, and pipeline conventions that tell your LLM what to build, in what order, and within what guardrails.
Level: Intermediate Topics: Architecture, AI/ML, Career Development
Distributable C# Coding Conventions
Speaker: Jon Badgett, Senior Software Architect at SmartDraw
Tired of copy-pasting your team’s coding standards between projects? Jon shows how to package C# coding conventions into a reusable NuGet package — consistent rules across codebases, versioned and easy to evolve as .NET moves forward.
Level: Intermediate Topics: C#, Patterns & Best Practices
If this sounds like fun, please submit our speaker interest form here: https://forms.gle/aVzeVpvVhAkdfWLy7
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.
Peter Hellmuth
Peter Hellmuth is a Senior Full Stack Developer at Logisolve. He’s interested in Roslyn analyzers, mutation testing, and finding ways to make LLM-generated code actually hold up under pressure.
Mark Wardell
Mark Wardell is the founder of The Middle Way Software. He’s been developing Repo-Driven Development (RDD), a methodology for turning Git repositories into structured project managers for AI-assisted coding.
Jon Badgett
Jon is a Senior Software Architect at SmartDraw Software, where he focuses on C# coding conventions, developer experience, and keeping codebases consistent as .NET evolves.
If it’s technical, .NET or web related (especially TypeScript + React), or tastes good - Jon’s probably interested. An “optimistic pragmatist”, Jon’s goal is to love what he does and have those who work alongside him do the same.
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