AI Tooling in Software Development: Help or Hindrance?

For our May Software Crafters Meetup, Codurance is excited to collaborate with Lhasa for an interactive session exploring the real impact of AI tooling in software development.

Join us at Lhasa’s office in Granary Wharf House, Leeds, for an evening of hands-on challenges, insightful discussions, and networking.

Rather than a traditional presentation, this session will give you the opportunity to experiment with AI-powered development first-
hand, helping you assess whether AI accelerates progress, impacts quality (either way) or introduces new challenges.

The Challenge
You'll split into two groups:
● One group will build a booking app using AI-assisted development tools.
● The other will build the same app without AI tooling.

Afterwards, we will compare the results, analyse the impact AI had on productivity, quality, and efficiency, and discuss the role of AI in modern software craftsmanship.

Agenda
6:00 – 6:15 PM | Arrival, drinks, and food
6:15 – 6:30 PM | Welcome and introductions by Codurance and Lhasa
6:30 – 8:10 PM | Practical challenge
8:10 – 8:30 PM | Wrap-up and reflections

Who Should Attend
This meetup is open to developers, engineers, and tech professionals across all industries, whether in the private or public sector, who are curious about AI’s role in software quality and development practices.

Facilitators
Tech leaders from Codurance and Lhasa will guide the session, offering their expertise and insights along the way.

Equipment
Please bring your laptop along with you, and if possible, try to ensure you have installed an AI assisted tool such as Github Copilot, Cursor, JetBrains AI etc.

The specific tool isn't too important and if you don't manage to do this, that's fine as not everyone will be coding using an AI Tool