When the Vibe Checks Out: AI Coding That Actually Ships
February 26
Thursday
06:00 PM
CET
Zagreb
Infinum Office / Strojarska 22 / 13th floor
EVENT INFO
AI is already part of how we write code – but the results range from genuinely helpful to wildly unhinged. Some teams ship faster than ever, while others end up with bloated abstractions, half-working fixes, and a creeping sense that nobody’s fully in control anymore.
In this edition of JavaScript meetup, we’re digging into what actually happens when developers work with AI. We’ll share insights from hands-on workshops and 80+ real coding transcripts, unpack common failure patterns, and show what experienced teams do differently to get reliable results. We’ll also take a hard look at vibe coding, separating improvisation from the kind of flow that leads to great production code.
Expect real examples, honest trade-offs, and practical ideas you can apply in your very next AI-assisted coding session. No hype or doomsday takes, just a clearer picture of how to work with AI without losing the plot.
Speaker
Controlled chaos: How vibe coding wins in production
Boris Martinović
Lead software engineer, Euroherc
Boris Martinović is a lead software engineer at Euroherc Insurance, focused on web development. He’s also a PhD candidate in Information Management, researching the real-world impact of AI on developer workflows and productivity. His work sits at the intersection of hands-on engineering and forward-thinking research, and he’s an active speaker in the local tech community. Outside of work, Boris is an avid sim (and real) racing fan and gamer.
In this lecture, Boris will:
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Challenge the idea that vibe coding is reckless by showing what “controlled chaos” actually looks like in real production work
2
Share concrete examples of projects where going with the flow led to better outcomes – and where it quickly turned into AI slop
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Explain when vibe coding thrives in professional environments, when it doesn’t, and how to tell the difference before things go sideways
How developers really use AI (based on 80+ real sessions)
Ariel Buchwald-Kearney
React Engineer, Infinum
Ariel is a React engineer at Infinum and AI Champion for the JavaScript team, where he helps shape how AI is adopted in real-world development. He’s been deep in the AI rabbit hole since the release of ChatGPT and is currently obsessed with agentic coding and what it means for how we ship software. Originally from the land of the hobbits, New Zealand.
In this lecture, Ariel will:
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Explain what 80+ AI coding transcripts taught us about how developers actually work with AI
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Share three common frustrations with AI tools – and why they’re workflow problems, not tool problems
3
Highlight key usage patterns from real transcripts and demo a tool for analyzing your own coding agent patterns
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Introduce a framework for thinking about where AI fits across the development lifecycle
