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Spoke at Global AI Bootcamp - AI Colleagues and Co-Pilots: Making the Most of Our New Teammates.

Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Global AI Bootcamp in Abu Dhabi on the topic: “AI Colleagues and Co-Pilots: Making the Most of Our New Teammates.”

I am not an AI guy but as always, I have been curious and spent a lot of time learning! It was a lot of fun to share what I have learned from my experiments so far and even more so that everyone seemed to enjoy it so much ❤️ I really enjoyed meeting so many AI-curious minds who chose to spend their Saturday learning about and exploring AI.

I think some of the best insights I have gotten over the last months is how important it is to select the right model for the job such as writing strategy with a “thinking” model and implement using a code optimized model, not to mention how important it is to use the built in context files for GitHub Co-Pilot to make sure it works like I intended for the project.

Download my slides here!

Special thanks to the Azure Middle East User Group, and to my friends and fellow speakers Mahmoud A. ATALLAH and Ahmad Uzair always a pleasure sharing the stage with you!

🎤 Got an event and need a speaker? Invite me!

📅 Catch my upcoming talks:

  • Jun 12, 2025 - DevSum in Stockholm, Sweden: "Software Archeology: Excavating Ancient Code in the Modern Enterprise"
  • Aug 13, 2025 - KCDC in Kansas City, USA: "But I Just Want to Write Code... Career Advice for Satisfied Developers"
  • Aug 13, 2025 - KCDC in Kansas City, USA: "Software Archeology: Excavating Ancient Code in the Modern Enterprise"
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