Nortal Tech Talks - Sofia

Vibe coding gets you a demo fast. It doesn't always get you code you can ship. This talk is about the gap between the two, and how to close it.

Join us on October 14 for an evening with Ivan Mihov, Senior Software Engineer at Nortal, who has used AI coding tools daily since ChatGPT launched in late 2022. He'll walk through how he actually works with agents like Claude Code, not by trusting every suggestion, but by directing the agent with a clear spec and checking its work at every step.

What we'll cover
Ivan will open with the line he sees as fundamental: vibe coding, where you lean on whatever the agent suggests, versus agentic engineering, where you direct it and check its work. That difference decides whether an agent speeds up good work or bad code.

From there, he'll break down what coding agents actually are as software systems, and how that changes the way you prompt them.

Then he'll build a small project live with Claude Code, using a spec-driven workflow so every change gets checked against a plan instead of reviewed after the fact.

He'll close on why human review still matters, and where skipping it costs more than it saves.

This talk is for software engineers who want a more disciplined way to work with agents, for developers who are skeptical of the hype and want the counter-case, for tech leads deciding how their team adopts these tools, and for technical PMs and product owners working close to engineering teams.

When
October 14

Where
Nortal Bulgaria's office (Sofia, 17 Henrik Ibsen Str., floor 5)

Agenda
18:30 – Doors open
19:00 – Presentation
20:30 – Q&A and discussion

How to join
Register and read more about the talk: https://nortal.com/insights/working-faster-ai-coding-agents-without-losing-control