Web Zurich March 2026

Web Zurich presents inspiring talks all about the web. Join us for the March 2026 meetup! We will have three talks as well as chit-chat and drinks.

Whatapp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FxOfVTK9nf431xHtVl3eGK
Website: https://webzurich.ch

18:30 ~ 19:00
Arrival time with drinks, chat and introduction

19:00 ~ 19:40
Christian Heitzmann
Why Documentation Won’t Write Itself—and AI Won’t Save You
For the last 15+ years, I’ve joined and consulted software teams that all struggled with the same problem: nobody likes writing documentation, and everybody pays the price for it. New developers spend weeks reverse-engineering codebases, architecture lives in people’s heads, and wikis quietly decay into noise.

With AI now entering the picture, many hope it will fill the gaps. It won’t.

I’ll show the simple ideas that change everything: how to think about documentation in the right levels, how to keep it close to the code, and how to avoid the decay we all know too well. These are the decisions that have to be made before any tool or process can work.

The documentation won’t write itself. But there are ways to make it far easier and far more reliable.

19:40 ~ 19:50
Short Break

19:50 ~ 20:10
Marco Gähler
How to write good code
There is an infinite amount of solutions how you can solve a programming problem. Some are better, others are worse. The best solutions are easy to understand, maintain and errors are not able to hide. I wrote a book "Software Engineering Made Easy" about this topic and I'm more than happy to explain some principles that make your code better. Most of them are quite simple to understand, once you understand the mechanics, why your code always breaks.

20:10 ~ 20:30
Marius Ishida
AI: The Lightsaber Problem
My talk will challenge the popular narrative that AI fundamentally democratizes power by showing that, which I believe is not true at all. While generative AI lowers entry barriers for basic tasks, it disproportionately amplifies the productivity and leverage of already computer literate users. Empirical research shows that AI acts as a skill multiplier rather than a true equalizer, with outcomes strongly dependent on users’ ability to frame problems, verify outputs, and integrate tools into complex workflows. As a result, AI risks reinforcing a new AI driven digital divide, where technical literacy—not access alone—determines who truly benefits.

20:30 onward
More drinks & chat
We look forward to see you there!

Location
https://zurich.impacthub.ch/space/bogen_d/
Viaduktstrasse 93, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

Visit our website https://webzurich.ch/ for more information about the Web Zurich community.

This event is supported by Impact Hub Zürich, The global community of entrepreneurial people prototyping the future of business. At Impact Hub, you can connect, collaborate, co-work and create great content in an inspiring environment.