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From Vibe Coding to Vibe Engineering

Web development has always moved in cycles of hype, from frameworks to tooling. With the rise of large language models, we're entering a new era of 'vibe coding,' where developers shape software through collaboration with AI rather than syntax. This talk explores what that means for the future of coding, especially in frontend development, and how it echoes the past while redefining what comes next.

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🇭🇷 Infobip Shift2025

🇪🇸 React Alicante2025

🇬🇧 React Native London2025

🇺🇸 AI Engineer Code Summit2025

🇩🇪 React Day Berlin2025

> 🇨🇭 Front Conference2026

> 🇫🇷 React Paris2026

> 🇸🇬 AI Engineer Singapore2026

> 🇬🇧 CityJS London2026

> 🇺🇸 React Miami2026

> 🇳🇱 React Summit2026

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GitHub stars won't pay your rent

Kitze shares his journey as the founder of Sizzy, from an open-source project to a paid product. He talks about the challenges he faced, tough decisions he made, and his struggle with an existential crisis. Attendees will gain insight into the complexities of building a successful product and the importance of self-care.

Navigating the hype driven world of frontend dev without going insane

Focus on the right things, reduce FOMO, start enjoying web development.

But, you're not Facebook

Stop solving problems that are already solved or problems that don't exist. You don't work for Facebook.

State management in a GraphQL era

Now that GraphQL takes care of managing the data in our apps, is an external state-management library even needed?

AI is Definitely Not Going to Take Your Job

A satirical look at AI's impact on developer jobs, delivered with humor and real insights about how AI is changing the software industry.

The exciting future of React

A look at the upcoming features in React and what they mean for the future of frontend development.

WallofLove❤️

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Atila.io@AtilaFassina

@thekitze opening up @ReactAlicante with the best development process philosophy “I am tired of” Driven Development we need an acronym now!!!

Man, that was awesome! The best speech ever And so impressive story and mindset of course… Thanks.

Frame25@Frame2571

I have really enjoyed @thekitze talk “GitHub stars won’t pay your rent” at #ReactAlicante It’s been so interesting to know about your experience making #Sizzy Thank you for sharing

Concha Asensio@conchaasensio

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Brandon Flightcontrol@Brandon

Yes, let’s go!!! @thekitze kicking off @InfobipShift #infobipshift

I want to tip my hat at @thekitze, even with tech issues, he managed to do a great opening talk for @InfobipShift !

Nicolas Beaussart@beaussan

Here we go. Technical problems at the opening talk. Kitze doing a good job improvising. #infobipshift #shthappens

Bruno@BrozovicBruno

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sylwia is on a break@SylwiaVargas

Kitze talks about the beauty of being a founder.

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Jakub Neander (Zaiste)@zaiste

#kongresnextjs first speaker on the stage @thekitze the room is almost full!

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Piotr Cichosz@shpyo

Amazing start by @thekitze on #kongresnextjs XD So fun

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Łukasz Chludziński@loginlukasza

The classic Shakespeareian dilemma @thekitze #kongresnextjs

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Fran Zekan@Zeko369

@thekitze opening #kongresnextjs

#kongresnextjs first talk from @thekitze was the one I was looking for the most, it was cathartic (going through this every day), but brings us again to the tragedy of commons of open source.

Storyteller@StorytellerCZ

we are starting the conf with @thekitze talking about challenges going from an open-source to a paid product #kongresnextjs

Aleksandra@aleksandrasays

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Anja Popović@anja_popoviic

@thekitze made the entire room laugh out loud as he discussed how much we like to over engineer everything we do by using all the fancy tools available instead of focusing on the task we want to solve #infobipshift

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Andreas Reiterer@a_reiterer

99.99% of developers don’t work for Facebook @thekitze at @WeAreDevs world conference 2022

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Milan Šušnjar@milansusnjar_

Great talk by @thekitze at #infobipshift

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Ives van Hoorne@CompuIves

Super funny and entertaining talk by @thekitze, and it's also educative! 8/8 #ReactAmsterdam

“Think like your users”- great talk @thekitze #ReactAmsterdam

Koopa Querales@KoopaQuerales

The best talk at #ReactAmsterdam? I give my vote to @thekitze! Fun & philosophical talk

In programming there is no wrong or right, just good for a certain situation/usecase. Thanks for the awesome talk @thekitze #ReactAmsterdam

Major Tamás@MajorTamas90

One of the best keynotes @ReactAmsterdam was this one by @thekitze

Dan Tamas@dan_tamas

#ReactAmsterdam @thekitze thanks for sharing you work context!

Artur Szott@ArturSzott

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Moti Zilberman@motiz88

Preach @thekitze #ReactAmsterdam

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@thekitze with the reason for the vuejs uprise #frontenddeveloperlove @Frontend_Love

My highlights for @Frontend_Love @vuejsamsterdam conf: 1- @thekitze convincing everyone to use Vue by showing React madness 2- Had great feedback from @gerardsans for my talk! (though I didn't gave one) 3- @posva & @Atinux deciding who is the best coder through a dance off

Tiago Alves@tiagoreisalves

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Poul H. Hansen@insanicae

@thekitze live coding his new startup #frontenddeveloperlove @Frontend_Love

Hacking on GraphQL after watching @thekitze talk about React state management @ReactAmsterdam

Shaun Carmody@shaunmcarmody

#ReactFest Redux or MobX? Don't just get on the "hype train". Evaluate the options yourself and decide which is best for your use case. Handy reminder from @thekitze

Dane Waby@DaneCapgemini

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Preeti Wadhwani@preetiwadhwani_

Loved these lines by @thekitze @ReactFest

Too sad to leave London today, @ReactFest was great, the workshop from @thekitze was excellent.

Ffaure@_fredfaure

.@thekitze is rocking on stage at the @ReactFest :) Great delivery, great slides, great advice on how to write code and be happy!

Michele Bertoli@MicheleBertoli

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Stefan Natter@natterstefan

You rocked the stage with your funny and inspiring talk. @thekitze #rockstar #DevNinja (did I missed one ?^^) #AgentConf

@thekitze your talk at AgentConf is goooood!

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mirshko@mirshko

Fantastic talk by @thekitze at #ReactDayBerlin

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Mirko Kruschke@m_kruschke

Good advice from @thekitze that you should always ask yourself the question: Do I really need the lib X in my application?#reactdayberlin

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Jasper@jasper__meyer

@thekitze on how SPAs messed up webdev #ReactDayBerlin

For real @thekitze is probably the best speaker I’ve ever seen at a tech conference. So funny, actually informative AND uses emojis #ReactDayBerlin

Carolyn Stransky Vohr@carolstran

@thekitze That talk, bought the room to life. Amazing!! #reactdayberlin

Rahul Reddy@iamrahul92

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Anna Lisowska@LisowskaAn

More interested in #GraphQL. Great talk by @thekitze at #ReactDayBerlin #coding #react

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Dominic@DominicGebhart

Why you don't need Redux when using GraphQL Great Talk by @thekitze #AgentConf

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Edyta Wrobel@edytawrobel_

@thekitze makes a point of contextualising your solutions: “Doctor, we are losing him! Our page doesn’t load fast enough” in his own unique way @ReactFest #reactfest

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Humberto Moreira@humbertomoreira

One of @thekitze’s slides from the @aiDotEngineer NYC event reminded me of @BetterCallSaul.

Between the videos of his experience in the US and this talk opening, I think @thekitze is my favorite creator right now.

Amanda@hey_amandam

hahaha great talk so far

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Sherry Jiang@SherryYanJiang

most lively funniest talk at @aiDotEngineer @thekitze is a frickin legend

@thekitze awesome talk! Inspiring

Julián Duque@julian_duque

@thekitze 's talk at @aiDotEngineer was hilarous, entertaining, and unsummarizable.

Will Schenk@wschenk

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agrim singh@agrimsingh

i was dying laughing wanna come on another transcontinental flight and do this in asia next year??

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Navaneeth Sharma@navaneethakbh

man, i am watching the live stream AI Engineer Code Summit 2025 and it is worth it. Will be sharing notes on this thread. (P.S @thekitze's talk was most engaging one)

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@thekitze your SUS coder on stage

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Neciu Dan@neciudan

Lets gooo @thekitze @ReactAlicante

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CityJS Conferences@cityjsconf

Second day @ReactAlicante and it is packed with some super speakers now @thekitze waking up the audience with his jokes!

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Łukasz Chludziński@lukasz_app

Managers have been vibe coding forever by @thekitze :D

Great talk, you got me with dreamwiver

Daniel Dimov@dimovdaniel

I'm a 3D Artist that has nothing to do with this industry and I absolutely loved your 2022 talk. If my professors taught and held my attention like you do, my gen would have cured 3D cancer by now

Lorena_I_I@Lorena_I_I

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Kirill Inoz@kirillinoz

I could listen to @thekitze's talks for hours. They are so good

dude i didn't get a chance to come find you in person, but i just wanted to say that your talk at AIE NYC was absolutely amazing. i can't think of anyone else who has the same combination of legit ai engineering advice and an amazing sense of humor. don't stop!

Raymond Weitekamp@raw_works

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De Bear@BlackBoy_Fly_·Member

@thekitze This was fucking awesome × funny and made me think about how my own projects have evolved. Not vibe coding anymore, that's for sure. Thanks! Also… if dev ever fails, comedy is clearly your backup career.

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Not only a great time, but one of the most information dense talks from @aiDotEngineer a few weeks back. Packed with great advice and clearly the product of a whole whole lot of hard work. Cheers @thekitze

One of my favorite talks. Def worth a watch

Amanda@hey_amandam

I freaking love your style of presentations. I laughed so many times.

Paweł Mikołajczyk@pmikolajczyk92

That was a very good talk. Lots of great information and insights, while also being very entertaining at the same time. I loved it!

Chris Edwards@ChrisEdwards357

only 4mins in and am really enjoying your presentation style - funny, dynamic! i'm taking notes!

polymorpheus@polymorph3us

It was too good!

Sourav D@theThinkTankerr

Coming from YouTube amazing presentation jokes are on point

Fahd@Fahd_vision

It was really good

Panta@thepanta82

I just watched it dude. Great Speech !!!

Masfiq Mahmud@masfiq018

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Josh Clemm@joshclemm

@thekitze nails the humor in how we currently vibe code, but also shows what it takes to move agents from toy demos to reliable production systems.

Loved it Not just for the content but also the humor

Neetish@Neetish

just saw your presentation on vibe engineering, amazing, thank you

John Tran@giabaotran2002

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Rezaul Arif@rezaul_arif

This is one of the best AI Engineer videos in recent times by @thekitze

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Rendy B. Junior@rendybjunior

So funny yet so true, a talk by @thekitze, highly recommended. Vibe engineering ftw

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Alamo Saravali@alamosaravali

Amazing presentation by @thekitze Besides the great humor moments, it highlights the current state of AI and what the (very) near future looks like. I recommend watching it.

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Benjamin Dunphy@Benghamine

The time capsule of Kitze Americana alone is worth the time of this talk from @thekitze But stay for the gems of wisdom -- & amidst great entertainment.

You're doing a standup and a conference at the same time, you should charge twice

Dave@dawiddaoxuan

Anders Bech Mellson@andersmellson

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Kartik@kartik_builds

funniest talk I have ever viewed fucking legend @thekitze

Loved this talk. And this slide screenshot is perfect. Though he missed the "dev tells the manager you're absolutely right!" after the manager complains about the bug...

Josh Clemm@joshclemm

Very fun as always

Benoît Grélard@benoitgrelard

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watching @thekitze's talk on 2x felt like scrolling his 𝕏 timeline with my brain set to 'infinite momentum'... a fully benign cognitive DDoS

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Rick Dronkers@RickDronkers

Hahaha genius @thekitze

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Jeronim Morina@plattenschieber

Hahaha. Really loved your talk @thekitze

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Peter Dedene@dedene

“Stop Vibe Coding like you're at a casino and start Vibe Engineering.” A hilarious and very insightful take by @thekitze on why some senior devs *hate* agentic coding and why LLMs don't care about your dogmas. Must watch imo:

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ЈБургунди@JBurgundi

@thekitze wow :) that 2040 cobalt cowboys joke was hilarious! This is one of the best if not the best presentations I've ever seen. The whole presentation PITA devs :) RESPECT

Nice talk @thekitze and the joke was actually funny lol

meowhib@meowhib

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Dev Dalia@devcodes9

Vibe engineering >>>>> Vibe Coding Thanks for the wonderful talk! @thekitze

Watched it, nice one. You have a really great way of talking, presenting and keeping your audience engaged. Had fun also watching it, keep doing these and show them here

Clim Stefan@ClimStefan