A complete experience

14 superheroes

2 top-notch keynotes

3 stages

New connections

Food and drinks

Concert & afterparty

Codecamp_Festival is a one-of-a-kind experience, mixing learning from the best speakers out there, from all over the world, with the glitz and glamour of an actual music festival.

Three incredible stages, two inspiring keynotes, seeing your superheroes up close and personal and making new connections, in a laid-back and friendly scenery, who said learning can’t be fun?

Consultant, programmer, technologist, Curbralan

Author of "Retrospectives Antipatterns"

Hands-On Software Architect, Independent Consultant, Author

Senior Data Scientist, Systematic

Software Architect & Meme Wrangler, ThoughtWorks

Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer, Morningstar Sustainalytics

Technical Director, Thoughtworks

Technical Lead & Microsoft MVP

Founder and Director, R7K Research & Conveyance

Independent, Gertrud & Cope

CTO, Strongbytes

Software Architect and Lean/Agile Consultant, Gertrud & Cope

The speakers

Meet the superheroes that changed the game in software development.

Yeap, they’re all coming to Romania! Grab a coffee with them and prepare to be starstruck.

The stages

Woodstock

Factory

Portal

Holiday Village

Masterclasses

These high-end workshops allow you to dive deeper into specific topics related to software development. The masterclasses are taught by experts in the field and offer a more personalized and interactive learning experience. You get to work closely with the instructor and other colleagues in a small-group setting and ask questions and get feedback in real time. Overall, they are a unique and valuable opportunity for anyone looking to expand their knowledge and expertise in software development and IT.

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The Intersection of Architecture and GenAI

Is GenAI going to replace software architects? The short answer: no. The longer answer: it depends. This keynote delves into the tricky intersection of architecture and AI, how architects can use it effectively, and when they should avoid it like the plague. I also show some concrete techniques that developers and architects can use (today!) to leverage AI to help build fitness functions and other governance tools.

How to say no to things you actually do not want to do

The AI Renaissance: Reframing How We Build Software

Coding has always been more than just writing lines of code; it’s about solving puzzles, creating solutions, and adapting to challenges. But what happens when AI begins to tackle those puzzles as well? How will your role evolve in this new landscape?

As AI integrates deeper into our toolsets and workflows, the real revolution isn’t about simply learning new technologies. It’s about fundamentally changing the way we think, how we architect solutions, and our entire approach to software development. This talk cuts through the AI hype and zeroes in on your growth as a developer.

Discover practical strategies to leverage AI beyond mere automation, unlock untapped creativity, strategic thinking, and problem-solving. It’s time to not just write code, but to reforge it, leveraging AI as a powerful ally in your journey towards mastery.

The Magic of Small Things – Microservices 10 years on

The early years of the second decade of the twenty-first century. A world where Docker was a job people did; K8S was a boyband (probably); Kafka was a euphemism for existential anxiety and Chaos Engineering meant, well, nothing as it hadn’t been invented yet. The Cloud … that was just weather to most people.

It is 2012, and Microservices appeared on the Thoughtworks Technology Radar. 10 years ago, in 2014, Martin Fowler and James Lewis wrote down something that caused a bit of a stir – the definition of Microservices. 10 years later, for better or worse, Microservices have become the predominant architectural style for building complex systems.

So much innovation has occurred in the last decade – Docker and K8S fulfilled the ‘write once and run anywhere’ promise of the JVM. Operations changed beyond recognition as we moved to Cloud Native and FaaS. Testing in Production is a practice that now signifies maturity rather than derangement.

In this talk, James takes a look at the original nine characteristics of Microservices and explores the lessons we’ve learnt since those halcyon days. (Although Kafka is still a euphemism for existential anxiety.)

Navigating MLOps in 2025: The Good, The Bad, and The In-Between

As machine learning systems continue to scale, MLOps has become indispensable—but not without its challenges. This talk will explore how MLOps has evolved in recent years, highlighting key changes, what’s working well, ongoing struggles, and the gray areas that require new solutions. We’ll also share insights from our approach at Sustainalytics Morningstar, demonstrating how we build a strong MLOps foundation that enables future projects to thrive: We’ll dive into a vector database solution we implemented to enhance retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows and streamline model inference. By leveraging efficient indexing and similarity search techniques, we’ve optimized how we store and retrieve embeddings, improving both performance and scalability. We’ll discuss key lessons learned, challenges encountered, and how this solution fits into our broader MLOps strategy.

An eLLMentary RAG Evaluation Framework: How to Effectively Use Models as Judges

In the realm of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, the evaluation of generated responses is crucial for ensuring quality and relevance. In this talk, Marcia will explore a framework for employing Large Language Models (LLMs) as judges in evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. The focus will be on defining clear evaluation criteria – such as relevance, coherence, factual accuracy, and fluency – and training LLMs to provide consistent and insightful assessments. We will dive into how to prepare a diverse dataset, evaluate criteria and nuances, and automate the scoring of generated responses. By leveraging LLMs as judges, this framework streamlines the evaluation process, offering a robust mechanism for improving the performance of RAG systems. Join us to discover how LLMs can revolutionize the way we assess AI-generated content.

The Role of Architect in Premium Tech Services

In this session, we’ll dive into the world of high-end tech solutions and explore how architects shape the landscape of premium digital experiences. Our distinguished panellists will unravel the intricate dance between innovation and practicality, shedding light on how architects navigate the demands of discerning clients while pushing the boundaries of possible. From crafting bespoke solutions to orchestrating complex systems, we’ll explore the multifaceted role of architects in delivering tech services that not only meet but exceed expectations.

The discussion promises to offer valuable insights for tech professionals, business leaders, and anyone interested in the intersection of technology and premium service delivery. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of architects’ critical role in elevating the quality of tech services.

Understanding Modern Trade-off Analysis in Software Architecture

There are no best design practices in Software architecture–everything is a trade-off. But how do you figure out what those are? The answer to every question in software architecture is “It depends.” This keynote starts to answer the follow up question: “Depends on what?!?” It proves a variety of techniques and tools to help architects and other teams members understand and evaluate trade-offs, including how to perform iterative design and how to avoid common trade-off traps.

The Developer's Edge: Purposeful Thinking For Better Software

What if your greatest tool as a developer wasn’t just your code but your mindset? In this talk, we’ll explore how your reasoning patterns can revolutionize your approach to software design and decision-making. By shifting your perspective, you’ll learn to make more impactful choices, grow your skills, and contribute meaningfully to your projects.

We’ll explore strategies for making more intelligent decisions, designing more resilient systems, and driving personal and professional growth. It’s time to think beyond code and start building with purpose.

Building Intelligent Assistants with OpenAI's Assistants API

OpenAI’s Assistants API lets you build rich, interactive virtual assistants without incurring the time and expense of fine-tuning an LLM. Imagine an AI component that can book appointments on a calendar, query a database, produce charts and graphics, prioritize support tickets, retrieve information from your company’s internal documents, generate spreadsheets, and even run code. The Assistants API makes all this and more possible, and it represents Phase 2 of the LLM revolution in which LLMs are supplemented by “tools” that perform tasks LLMs can’t. Learn how to put the Assistants API to work in your business and see some jaw-dropping examples of the tasks it can perform, complete with sample code.

The Rise of Generative AI: Judgment Day

It’s been over 70 years since Alan Turing defined what many still consider to be the ultimate test for a computer system — Can a machine exhibit intelligent behavior that is indistinguishable from that of a human? Originally coined the imitation game, the Turing test involves having someone evaluate text conversations between a human and a machine designed to respond like a human. The machine passes the test if the evaluator cannot reliably tell the difference between the human versus machine-generated text. Although the Turing test generally serves as a starting point for discussing AI advances, some question its validity as a test of intelligence.  After all, the results do not require the machine to be correct, only for its answers to resemble those of a human.

Whether it’s due to artificial “intelligence” or imitation, we live in an age where machines are capable of generating convincingly realistic content. Generative AI does more than answer questions, it writes articles and poetry, synthesizes human faces and voices, creates music and artwork, and even develops and tests software. But what are the implications of these machine-based imitation games? Are they a glimpse into a future where AI reaches general or super intelligence? Or is it simply a matter of revisiting or redefining the Turing test?  Join Tariq King as he leverages a live audience of software testing professionals to probe everything from generative adversarial networks (GANs) to generative pre-trained transformers (GPT). Let’s critically examine the Turing test and more because it’s judgment day — and this time, we are the judges!

Design Patterns in .NET, ASP NET Core and MAUI: a Deep Dive

Since .NET Core saw the light of day, it has become more opinionated and flexible—especially when it comes to design patterns. Many patterns that developers once dabbled in have now become front and center in ASP.NET Core, and MAUI and .NET overall. In this session, I’ll cover some of the main design patterns at the forefront, a few lesser-known ones, and some we probably could do without—like the “Best Intentions Pattern” and “Over-Engineering Pattern.”

Join me for a code heavy and practical, yet slightly tongue-in-cheek, look at how these patterns show up in the frameworks we use every day, and how they shape (and sometimes complicate) the way we code.

Software Development Nature's Way

They’re maybe not seem like the most compatible pair: Nature and Software Development – at least it’s not a connection we usually make. But software is made by humans for humans, and humans are part of nature – though it is easy to forget in our digital world. Actually going against nature is an uphill battle, but our (especially western) culture keeps us unaware of it.

This talk will explore practical ways of going with rather than against nature in our daily work building software. It will be more inspirational than comprehensive, and for some maybe provocative, embracing approaches like “Local over Global”.
Hope to see you there, locally.

4 Key Trends Towards Better Architecture

What does the future of software architecture hold? In this session Mark Richards dives into 4 key current trends in software architecture that you need to know to stay ahead of the curve. The first trend Mark discusses is what is called Architectural Nexûs (the many intersections of architecture), unraveling the mystery of why so many systems fail to meet their goals. He then moves on to an exciting new trend called Architecture-as-Code, and shows how to describe an architecture through executable code while validating and governing the architecture at the same time. Another key trend he then describes is the rise of distributed architectures, and in particular event-driven architecture to handle non-deterministic workshops and processing. Finally, he ends the talk by talking about evolving trends surrounding AI-Driven Architecture.