Singapore’s Mix of Ambition and Pragmatism in AI
How we think about building agents—and what AI Engineer Singapore revealed about ambition, pragmatism, and adoption.
Matthias Lübken · 5 min read
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Software Of One
How AI enables small, tailored applications for one person, one workflow, or a temporary task — and how a software factory makes these solutions practical alongside shared software.
SprintEins, Bonn, GermanyMatthias Lübken
Build and Share Apps with Claude Code
A live walkthrough of building a practical app with Claude Code, testing it, and sharing it with others who don’t need to run Claude Code themselves. No developer background needed, just some experience using Claude Code. 18:00–19:00 CET; free to attend.
OnlineMatthias Lübken
Software Factories for the Software of One
The architecture behind a long tail of small, task-specific applications: isolated compute, durable state, secure capabilities, and enterprise guardrails built into the software factory.
Industry City, Brooklyn, New YorkMatthias Lübken
A Piece of Pi: Embedding a Coding Agent in Your Product
Explore the agent loop, runtime, tools, instructions, and lifecycle hooks behind pi.dev, using a quote-generation agent to show how a coding agent becomes part of a real product.
Kinopolis, Hamburg, GermanyIvan PedrazasInfrastructure for AI-Built Apps
A technical look at running AI-built apps with Durable Objects and celld cells, keeping each app’s logic and state together in an isolated runtime. Explore the challenges of operating thousands of apps and the Kubernetes backbone Tavon has built to address them. 18:00–19:00 CET; free to attend.
OnlineMatthias Lübken
Mit KI gebaut. Im Alltag gebraucht. Eigene Unternehmens-Apps für den Mittelstand
From an everyday business task to a shared app: practical examples of how employees can build small AI-powered tools with centrally managed data access and clear permissions.
Stadtmuseum Siegburg, GermanyTavon
Productize Your Process: How AI Apps Standardize Ways of Working
Turn individual AI wins into shared apps the whole product team can use. A deep dive into the journey from chat to agent to app, and the challenge of agreeing on a shared way of working.
smartvillage, Cologne, GermanyMatthias Lübken & Markus AndrezakSoftware Factories for the Software of One
How software factories can safely produce and operate small applications for one person, workflow, or decision — with shared data, secure capabilities, governance, and a path from creation to retirement.
Palladium, Cologne, GermanyMatthias Lübken
Entwicklung von Inhouse-Apps in Unternehmen mit Hilfe von KI
Building in-house business applications with AI. Join the regional KI-Stammtisch for practical insights, conversation, and networking with small and medium-sized businesses. Attendance is free.
Denkschmiede, Ruppichteroth, GermanyMatthias LübkenEnable App Building Without Losing Control
How platform teams can enable colleagues to build small, focused apps with AI while retaining oversight. A Tavon demonstration covering centrally controlled data access, app ownership, approvals, and monitoring. 18:00–19:00 CET; free to attend.
OnlineMatthias LübkenKI aus dem eigenen Haus
Eigene Prozesse. Eigene Anwendungen. KI, die wirklich zum Unternehmen passt. Ein praxisorientierter Workshop zur Konzeption und prototypischen Umsetzung eigener KI-Anwendungen – von der Prozessanalyse bis zur nachhaltigen Verankerung im Unternehmen. 14:00–18:00 Uhr. Teilnahmegebühr: 490 €; Early Bird: 390 € bis vier Wochen vor der Veranstaltung.
Denkschmiede Winterscheid, Ruppichteroth, GermanyDr. Sonja Kieffer-Radwan, Dr. Stefan Ungruh & Matthias Lübken
Von Chat zu App – wie Führungskräfte mit KI eigene digitale Tools bauen
A practical introduction to building small business apps with AI, without traditional software development. For managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. 13:00–14:00 CET; free for members, €10 for guests. This live event will not be recorded.
Online · Microsoft TeamsMatthias LübkenKI aus dem eigenen Haus
Eigene Prozesse. Eigene Anwendungen. KI, die wirklich zum Unternehmen passt. Ein praxisorientierter Workshop zur Konzeption und prototypischen Umsetzung eigener KI-Anwendungen – von der Prozessanalyse bis zur nachhaltigen Verankerung im Unternehmen. 14:00–18:00 Uhr. Teilnahmegebühr: 490 €; Early Bird: 390 € bis vier Wochen vor der Veranstaltung.
Denkschmiede Winterscheid, Ruppichteroth, GermanyDr. Sonja Kieffer-Radwan, Dr. Stefan Ungruh & Matthias Lübken
From the archive
Past events
Catch up on the ideas, conversations, and lessons we’ve shared. Recordings and recaps are linked where available.
Software of One: An Architecture for Internal Apps
A live demo on the architecture behind internal apps for the software of one, presented at AI Tinkerers Cologne’s code-first meetup hosted by REWE digital.
REWE digital, Cologne, GermanyMatthias LübkenA Piece of PI: Embedding the OpenClaw Coding Agent in Your Product
A look inside coding-agent harnesses and how their core primitives can power agents in real products.
SingaporeMatthias Lübken
Don’t Make Your Agent Guess
Building more reliable agents through better tool design, clear context, and a malleable coding-agent harness.
London, UKMatthias Lübken