JUG BB: Pre-SAG Special @ JetBrains with Chris Richardson

Just before the iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering 2026 kicks off in Berlin, we're getting the community together for a special pre-SAG evening at the JetBrains office!
Whether you're attending SAG or simply interested in software architecture, Java and the impact of GenAI on software delivery, you're very welcome to join us.
🎤 Chris Richardson
Fast Outer and Inner Loops: Prerequisites for GenAI-Powered Software Delivery
GenAI coding agents have the potential to rapidly make changes. But an agent does more than edit files: it makes design decisions, runs tests, pushes changes through the deployment pipeline into production, and analyzes the results.
These steps form the same two loops that human developers use: the outer change-deploy-analyze loop and the inner edit-test-analyze loop. Agents fulfill their potential only when both loops are fast.
Chris will explain how architecture determines the speed of both loops and introduce six architecture and design techniques for making them faster. He'll also explore why organizations using coding agents can outgrow a monolith sooner, and the signals that indicate when it may be time to move toward microservices.
About Chris
Chris Richardson helps organizations modernize their application architectures to accelerate software delivery and enable fast, sustainable flow, a prerequisite for effectively using coding agents.
He is the creator of Microservices.io, author of Microservices Patterns and POJOs in Action, and founder of Eventuate. Earlier in his career, Chris founded the original CloudFoundry.com, an early Java PaaS for Amazon EC2. He speaks internationally about software architecture and architecting for fast flow.
🎤 JetBrains
Gleb Melnikov | Rethinking the IDE for Coding Agents
Our hosts at JetBrains will take the stage for a session before we head into the main talk.
🎤 Community Speaker
One speaker slot is still open!
We'd love to give someone from the community the stage. If you have something interesting to share around Java, software architecture, developer productivity, AI-assisted development, or a related topic, reach out to the organizers.
📅 Agenda
18:30 – Doors open, drinks & networking

19:00 – JetBrains session: Gleb Melnikov | Rethinking the IDE for Coding Agents
19:30 – Community speaker – open speaker slot
20:00 – Networking break
20:30 – Chris Richardson – Fast Outer and Inner Loops: Prerequisites for GenAI-Powered Software Delivery
21:15 – Q&A
21:30 – Networking & refreshments
22:00 – End
📍 JetBrains Office, Berlin
A big thank you to JetBrains for hosting us!
See you in Berlin! 👋