Flutter Cracow #15 - SQLite with drift and Coding Agents vs Legacy with GDE

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Flutter Cracow invites mobile tech enthusiasts and Flutter developers to join us for another event. It's an opportunity to meet, learn new things, share experiences beyond platforms and to network. The event is open to everyone interested in exploring Flutter framework and Dart language. Our goal is to build a local Flutter community in Kraków.

This time we are meeting at EPAM HUB.
The event will be conducted in English and talks will be recorded. Subscribe to our YouTube channel where we publish videos from past events. 🎬
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Flutter Meetup #15 event partner are EPAM.
📅 Date: March 3rd, 2025
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: EPAM Hub, Fabryczna 1A (Fabryczna)

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❗IMPORTANT: Please be informed that this time, entry to the event is restricted to registered attendees only. Upon arrival, you will be required to present a valid form of identification (either a physical ID card or the mObywatel app) for verification. Also please join this meetup event when you are going to attend in person. This way there will be a spot for you and more people could participate in event.
Thank you for your understanding.
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AGENDA

🎟️ 17:45 - Warm up

🚀 START 18:00 - EPAM Presentation

🎙️ 18:10 - Simon Binder - Unlock the full power of SQLite with drift

Abstract: SQLite is a powerful and popular file-based database engine for your app. This talk explores the many features that make SQLite an excellent choice for reliable persistence in Flutter apps, and shows how the drift package lets you use all SQLite features without compromising on type-safety and maintainability.

This covers drift APIs to define queries, approaches to deal with database migrations, testing, encryption and other advanced features.

Simon is a developer at Journey Mobile, working on PowerSync. He has built a lot of open source Dart packages over the years, mainly related to databases.

🍕 19:10 - Break

🎙️ 19:40 - Jarosław Michalik – Coding Agents vs Legacy: A Practical Guide to Worst Practices

Abstract:

They promised us that coding agents would be pure magic for coding. Reality? We’re back to the fundamentals of software craftsmanship - just with a new, sharp tool in our hands.

In this talk I’ll share real-world stories from adding coding agents on top of legacy Android/iOS codebases: where they helped, where they quietly made things worse, and what we’ve broken along the way.

Instead of shiny „best practices” (they don’t exist yet), you’ll get a field report of worst practices: how we misused agents for refactors, tests, and documentation, what kinds of hallucinations and architectural chaos they created, and how we had to fall back on boring things like boundaries, small steps, and good review habits.

You’ll leave with a practical checklist for using agents in your own projects: where to start safely, what NOT to delegate, and how to keep AI from turning your codebase into an unmaintainable black box.

Google Developer Expert (GDE) and an experienced software engineer. He runs[ theimpl.com](theimpl.com), a company specializing in transforming ideas into digital products, consulting on AI implementation for development teams, and building AI-powered solutions. He also leads the nowoczesny.dev community, offering practical programs like AI Dev Sprint, which focus on modern programming, productivity, and leveraging AI in application development.

❓ 20:30 - Quiz

💬 21:00 - Networking @ Browar Nowa Wytwórnia, Fabryczna 13

❗IMPORTANT: Please only join this Meetup event when you are going to attend in person. This way there will be a spot for you and more people could participate in event 🙂

Partnerships
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