Where is code.talks 2026 held?

code.talks 2026 is held at KINOPOLIS HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany.

Who is speaking at code.talks 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 89 speakers, including Aino Corry (Instigator of Fun, Metadeveloper), Andreas Pabst and Andreas Rossberg.

Who sponsors code.talks 2026?

ConferenceGrid lists 10 sponsors, including adjoe, Deichmann, DevOpsDays, German Tech Job and Kube Events.

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code.talks 2026

Name: code.talks 2026
Start: 2026-11-04
End: 2026-11-05
Location: KINOPOLIS HafenCity

On now

code.talks 2026 runs Nov 4–5, 2026 at KINOPOLIS HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany. It is a Developer Tools conference. It is on now and ends Nov 5, 2026. ConferenceGrid lists 89 speakers, 10 sponsors, 20 exhibitors and 151 sessions so far.

Lineup updated Nov 4, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

code.talks is a two-day conference in Hamburg for the entire Dev-Team, bringing together highly curated tracks and sessions for developers and CTOs. The event features renowned speakers, a gaming and expo area, meals and entertainment, and is set in one of Germany’s largest cinemas. Attendees can expect a vibrant, family-like community focused on networking…

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89Speakers

10Sponsors

20Exhibitors

151Sessions

48Companies · in total

Agenda

Selected from 151 sessions.

01
Why Software Factories Fail
We spent the last year building the software factory: sandboxes, orchestration, code review, skills, feedback loops. The factory is mostly built - so what happens if we turn the li…
GenAI & LLMs
02
How To Teach Your Agents About Architecture
Emphemerality: the concept of things being transitory, fleeting, or existing only for a short time. Suddenly, one of the most important considerations for code is ephemerality–how …
Architecture
02
Knowledge Flow: Designing Actual Intelligence
We’ve never had better tools. Faster streams. Decoupled architectures. AI writing our code. And yet , systems still drift towards a big ball of mud. Unsatisfying and difficult to c…
Architecture
02
Lessons learned building a harness to rediscover and replace a legacy system
Can AI help us to modernize these 3 legacy systems faster? This was the question we asked ourselves after yet another bug that forced us to dig through the many synchronization iss…
Architecture
02
Taming Modularity: A Practical Design Model for the AI Era
Modularity has been software design's holy grail since the 1960s ...and we've been failing at it for just as long: OOP, design patterns, architectural styles, SOA, microservices. N…
Architecture
02
We Doubled Engineering Productivity at eBay, but Couldn't Change the Culture
This is the story of eBay’s company-wide Velocity initiative, which doubled engineering productivity across all 5000 engineers, but still could not save the company from its own pa…
Architecture
04
A New Literacy: Thinking Clearly While AI Writes the Code
AI-assisted coding tools are changing what it means to be a developer. For decades, software engineering literacy meant mastering languages, frameworks, and the mechanics of writin…
Security
08
AI & Social Acceleration: Why are we faster yet falling behind?
Every paradigm shift in computing resets our relationship with time, labor, and craft. As AI accelerates technical execution, we are experiencing what sociologist Hartmut Rosa defi…
Culture
08
From Digital to AI-Native: Transforming Scout24
AI is rapidly changing how companies build products, make decisions, and create value for customers. For established digital businesses, the challenge is no longer whether to adopt…
Culture

Speakers

Programmed at code.talks, in alphabetical order.

Aino Corry

Instigator of Fun · Metadeveloper

Andreas Pabst

Andreas Rossberg

Anita Schüttler

Annette Bieniusa

Artie Shevchenko

Benedikt Stemmildt

Cat Swetel

Director of Engineering · Nubank

Charles Desneuf

Senior Software Engineer · Payfit · Payfit

Christian Rades

Daniel Jones

AND Digital

Daniel Raniz Raneland

Daniel Terhorst North

Daniel Terhorst-North

Founder & Principal Consultant · Goalwards

Dex Horthy

HumanLayer

Diana Montalion

Founder, Principal Architect · Mentrix / The Athletic

Emily Bache

Bache Consulting

Emma A. A. Rünzel

Eric Evans

Software Designer

Falk Woldmann Lu

Frank Sons

Friedrich Wessel

Quick answers

When is code.talks 2026?: code.talks 2026 runs Nov 4–5, 2026 at KINOPOLIS HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany.
Where is code.talks 2026 held?: code.talks 2026 is held at KINOPOLIS HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany.
Who is speaking at code.talks 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 89 speakers, including Aino Corry (Instigator of Fun, Metadeveloper), Andreas Pabst and Andreas Rossberg.
Who sponsors code.talks 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 10 sponsors, including adjoe, Deichmann, DevOpsDays, German Tech Job and Kube Events.

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 48 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

48 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room

6All threespeak · spons · exh

4Sponsoringsponsor only

14Exhibitingexhibitor only

24Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Sentry·Vercel·adjoe·Deichmann·Synatix·Text Control

Speakers by seniority

13% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite44%
Founder / Owner67%
VP-level11%
Director / Head of11%
Manager / Lead22%
Engineer · IC78%
Advisor / Investor11%
Other roles6775%

Of 89 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	Sentry	SponsorExhibitor	1
2	Vercel	SponsorExhibitor	1
3	adjoe	SponsorExhibitor	-
4	Deichmann	SponsorExhibitor	-
5	Synatix	SponsorExhibitor	-
6	Text Control	SponsorExhibitor	-
7	DevOpsDays	Sponsor	-
8	German Tech Job	Sponsor	-
9	Kube Events	Sponsor	-
10	PyConDE & PyData 2026	Sponsor	-
11	A1 Digital	Exhibitor	-
12	Auth0	Exhibitor	-
13	Cast AI	Exhibitor	-
14	DoiT	Exhibitor	-

Sponsors by tier

unspecified10

100% of 10

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Figma×4 peers
AWS×3 peers
Clerk×3 peers
CodeRabbit×3 peers
Expo×3 peers
Google×3 peers
Google Cloud×3 peers
ABP.io×2 peers
Accenture×2 peers
Ag Grid×2 peers
AI and ML Events×2 peers
AI Mag×2 peers

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React Summit Asia 2027	April 15, 2027	Singapore	2
React Miami 2027	April 29, 2027	Miami	2
React Summit 2027	May 21, 2027	Amsterdam	2

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Why Software Factories Fail

How To Teach Your Agents About Architecture

Knowledge Flow: Designing Actual Intelligence

Lessons learned building a harness to rediscover and replace a legacy system

Taming Modularity: A Practical Design Model for the AI Era

We Doubled Engineering Productivity at eBay, but Couldn't Change the Culture

A New Literacy: Thinking Clearly While AI Writes the Code

AI & Social Acceleration: Why are we faster yet falling behind?

From Digital to AI-Native: Transforming Scout24

48 companies. six are betting more than once.