Software Design as Code - from Concepts to AI-driven Automation

Designing software no longer needs to be a manual, disconnected, and documentation-heavy. This session shows how to treat design as code - versioned, automated, and integrated into your development lifecycle.

We’ll move from simple markdown-based sketches to structured notations like UML, BPMN, and C4, all generated and maintained as code with tools such as Mermaid, PlantUML, Structurizr, etc. Learn how architecture decisions or diagrams can be tracked, validated, and evolved automatically.

Finally, we’ll explore how AI takes this even further - generating diagrams, ADRs, and documentation, and keeping designs in sync with your codebase. Real-world examples will illustrate how AI-assisted tools and LLM-based solutions (like ChatPRD) can support smarter documentation and architecture evolution.

Whether you’re a developer, architect, or DevOps engineer, you’ll leave this session with practical insights into: - Choosing the right level of design automation for your context - Integrating diagrams, ADRs, and docs directly into your codebase and CI/CD - Leveraging AI to close the loop between design, implementation, and documentation

Join us to discover how to make your software design process as agile, automated, and intelligent as the code you write.