18:30 Wed 3 Sep 2025, online only: Build Agentic AI workflows using Open Source software
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SPA-404: Build Agentic AI workflows using Open Source software
Speakers: Raul Rodriguez, Jaksa Vuckovic
When: Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 BST
Where: online only
Price: Free
Booking Link: https://3september2025spa.eventbrite.co.uk/
Your confirmation email will provide the next step to enable you to access the webinar. 48 hours and 1 hour prior to the event reminder emails will be sent to those registered, with the non-transferable URL needed to gain access. The session will be recorded. If you do not wish to feature in the recording, please keep your microphone muted.
AGENDA
* 6:15pm - Webinar opens
* 6:30pm - presentation and demo begins, questions and answers either ad hoc or at the end
* 8:00pm - Webinar ends
SYNOPSIS
Imagine using prompt engineering, not through familiar GenAI user interfaces, but through agentic workflows that help deliver quality, working software.
Now, consider this question: Can software engineers use natural language and agentic workflows during development to create working software?
The answer, proven by experiment, is YES. Jaksa Vuckovic and Raul Rodriguez are passionate about building digital products using latest software engineering trends. Join them in this session to discover how accessible it is for any developer to create specialised AI workflows.
For those eager to know more upfront, Raul comments: "We have experimented with using natural language to instruct an AI agent to emulate our approach to Test-Driven Development (TDD). Our experiment wasn't about complex frameworks or deep AI knowledge. Instead, it focused on clear thinking and our software development process.
"We chose TDD because it embodies proven principles of software development, with working software as its output. We built a TDD coding agent to automate the process of writing code by generating tests based on desired functionality. By adhering to TDD principles, the coding agent, much like human developers, was able to implement and iteratively improve code quality."
Jaksa generalised the approach subsequently to support just about any agentic AI workflow. Come, see how it's done and advance YOUR software practice!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Raul Rodriguez is a Software Engineer with 13+ years in Frontend, DevOps & Cloud Solutions.
Specialising in AWS & Azure infrastructure, DevOps practices, and full-stack development (TypeScript, Python, Java). He has architected cloud infrastructure with Terraform for award-winning initiatives (e.g., NHS Covid-19 App), implemented environments driving life-changing research (e.g., Gates Foundation's Alzheimer's infrastructure in Azure), automated Kubernetes deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and developed Restful APIs (Python, FastAPI) that help US public sector institutions maximize every tax and tuition dollar spent.
His work drives positive impact across health, banking, finance, & insurance.
Jaksa Vuckovic helps companies to plan and realize their technology strategy by defining organisational structures and processes, growing and managing the engineering workforce, the enterprise architecture and technological knowhow of the company.
He has worked on over 40 different projects from small command line tools to systems with more than 60 microservices, ranging in size from one to over a hundred developers, and in scope from deeply technical to strategic management.
Jaksa's blog is at https://jaksa.wordpress.com/ .
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BCS SPA Home Page - http://bcs-spa.org/
Meetings Schedules
London - http://bcs-spa.org/index.php?page=london-meeting-programme
Cambridge - see http://http://softwareast.ning.com/events
Presentation materials from previous talks are available from the BCS SPA resources site: http://bcs-spa.org/resources.html
Also see YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBhokJ0qd3_wlvr0j85YhmNfNj8ZJ8M-
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SPA London Meetings Programme Organiser - Immo Huneke, Zuhlke Engineering Ltd. [Im...@Huneke.Co.UK]
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Forthcoming meetings: We're looking for volunteers to present or lead workshops on topics of interest to software practitioners. Please come forward with suggestions!
1 October 2025: Sylvain Viguier of Graphcore with an AI coding demo related to people empowerment, open culture and product mindset
5 November 2025: tba
3 December 2025: Eoin Woods, title tba
==================================================
SPA-404: Build Agentic AI workflows using Open Source software
Speakers: Raul Rodriguez, Jaksa Vuckovic
When: Wednesday 3rd September 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 BST
Where: online only
Price: Free
Booking Link: https://3september2025spa.eventbrite.co.uk/
Your confirmation email will provide the next step to enable you to access the webinar. 48 hours and 1 hour prior to the event reminder emails will be sent to those registered, with the non-transferable URL needed to gain access. The session will be recorded. If you do not wish to feature in the recording, please keep your microphone muted.
AGENDA
* 6:15pm - Webinar opens
* 6:30pm - presentation and demo begins, questions and answers either ad hoc or at the end
* 8:00pm - Webinar ends
SYNOPSIS
Imagine using prompt engineering, not through familiar GenAI user interfaces, but through agentic workflows that help deliver quality, working software.
Now, consider this question: Can software engineers use natural language and agentic workflows during development to create working software?
The answer, proven by experiment, is YES. Jaksa Vuckovic and Raul Rodriguez are passionate about building digital products using latest software engineering trends. Join them in this session to discover how accessible it is for any developer to create specialised AI workflows.
For those eager to know more upfront, Raul comments: "We have experimented with using natural language to instruct an AI agent to emulate our approach to Test-Driven Development (TDD). Our experiment wasn't about complex frameworks or deep AI knowledge. Instead, it focused on clear thinking and our software development process.
"We chose TDD because it embodies proven principles of software development, with working software as its output. We built a TDD coding agent to automate the process of writing code by generating tests based on desired functionality. By adhering to TDD principles, the coding agent, much like human developers, was able to implement and iteratively improve code quality."
Jaksa generalised the approach subsequently to support just about any agentic AI workflow. Come, see how it's done and advance YOUR software practice!
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Raul Rodriguez is a Software Engineer with 13+ years in Frontend, DevOps & Cloud Solutions.
Specialising in AWS & Azure infrastructure, DevOps practices, and full-stack development (TypeScript, Python, Java). He has architected cloud infrastructure with Terraform for award-winning initiatives (e.g., NHS Covid-19 App), implemented environments driving life-changing research (e.g., Gates Foundation's Alzheimer's infrastructure in Azure), automated Kubernetes deployments via CI/CD pipelines, and developed Restful APIs (Python, FastAPI) that help US public sector institutions maximize every tax and tuition dollar spent.
His work drives positive impact across health, banking, finance, & insurance.
Jaksa Vuckovic helps companies to plan and realize their technology strategy by defining organisational structures and processes, growing and managing the engineering workforce, the enterprise architecture and technological knowhow of the company.
He has worked on over 40 different projects from small command line tools to systems with more than 60 microservices, ranging in size from one to over a hundred developers, and in scope from deeply technical to strategic management.
Jaksa's blog is at https://jaksa.wordpress.com/ .
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BCS SPA Home Page - http://bcs-spa.org/
Meetings Schedules
London - http://bcs-spa.org/index.php?page=london-meeting-programme
Cambridge - see http://http://softwareast.ning.com/events
Presentation materials from previous talks are available from the BCS SPA resources site: http://bcs-spa.org/resources.html
Also see YouTube playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKBhokJ0qd3_wlvr0j85YhmNfNj8ZJ8M-
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SPA London Meetings Programme Organiser - Immo Huneke, Zuhlke Engineering Ltd. [Im...@Huneke.Co.UK]
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Forthcoming meetings: We're looking for volunteers to present or lead workshops on topics of interest to software practitioners. Please come forward with suggestions!
1 October 2025: Sylvain Viguier of Graphcore with an AI coding demo related to people empowerment, open culture and product mindset
5 November 2025: tba
3 December 2025: Eoin Woods, title tba
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