Vibe Coding vs Context Engineering vs Spec-Driven Development

WeWork Office Space & Coworking at Legacy West - Room K - 2nd Floor, 7700 Windrose Avenue, Plano, 75024

GDG Dallas

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Apr 2, 11:30 PM – Apr 3, 2:00 AM (UTC)

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About this event

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AI can already sketch out a working feature from a chatty prompt. That “vibe coding” style is fun and fast, but the moment you try to ship it, things hurt: inconsistent code, missing tests, surprise security gaps, and pull requests nobody wants to own. In this session we’ll compare three concrete ways teams are using AI in real projects: Vibe Coding, Context Engineering, and Spec-Driven Development.

We’ll start with a quick demo of vibe-coded UI work to show where it shines (exploration, spikes) and where it falls apart. Then we’ll move to context-engineered flows that plug in your own docs, API schemas, and tool permissions to get more consistent results. Finally, we’ll go spec-first: contracts, checklists, and CI rules that let AI generate specs, tasks, and implementation in a controlled pipeline, without losing momentum.

You’ll leave with a playbook for when to use each style, plus templates you can bring back to your team to move from “cool demo” to code you can run in production.

📍Room K on the 2nd Floor 🧭

🚨The capacity for this event is limited!! It's important that you RSVP! 🚨

🚨We will assign available spaces in order of arrival until capacity is reached.🚨

Speaker

  • Ron Dagdag

    Thomson Reuters

    Microsoft AI MVP and Research Engineering Manager

Hosts

  • Joaquin Lopez

    Builders FirstSource

    Lead Engineer

  • Stacy Devino

    Android Lead

  • Borja Roig

    Engineering Director

Partners

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Sngular

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Packt

Organizers

  • Joaquin Lopez

    Builders FirstSource

    Principal Engineer

  • Stacy Devino

    Fanatics

    Principal Engineer & Co-organizer

  • Celia Dominguez

    Sngular LLC

    Lead Architect

  • Borja Roig

    Engineering Director