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Agentic engineering in practice
Working with agents across analysis, planning and product engineering: what becomes possible, where judgment matters, and what still needs validation.
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Conversations from the work itself
Patrik Kluge is Group CTO at Synatix and the independent builder behind APPIK. His work connects engineering leadership, hands-on product building and agentic engineering. He owns the APPIK products from vision and product decisions to architecture, agent-assisted implementation and operations.
I welcome conversations about engineering leadership, independent products and working with agents. The topics below are starting points for a talk or podcast discussion.
Discuss a talk or podcast →Upcoming · code.talks 2026
November 4, 2026 · 15:45-16:30 · Kinopolis Hamburg, Germany
Fail Fast, Fail often - in AI Enablement
Stage 3 - GenAI, DevEx & Data
With Joel Burghardt & Patrik Kluge
A practical account of two years spent enabling AI across a company, built from hands-on experiments, failures, and lessons learned.
Recorded talk · code.talks 2025
November 5, 2025 · 11:00 · Hamburg, Germany
Stage Separation: Engineering Velocity & Legacy Modernization
Stage 10
With Philipp Grote & Patrik Kluge
A practical framework for legacy modernization: incremental migration, clear ownership and engineering velocity without disrupting the business.
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Topics for a conversation
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From CTO to independent builder
Bringing engineering leadership into your own products, taking responsibility end to end, and developing an entrepreneurial direction.
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Turning everyday context into products
Connecting a personal problem to a useful product journey, with examples from APPIKtivity and APPIK TABLE.
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Modernization under constraints
Making room for new systems while keeping the business moving. The subject of Stage Separation at code.talks 2025.
For organizers
A short introduction for an event page or podcast description.
Patrik Kluge is Group CTO at Synatix and the independent builder behind APPIK. His work connects engineering leadership, hands-on product building and agentic engineering. He owns the APPIK products from vision and product decisions to architecture, agent-assisted implementation and operations.Download speaker bio (PDF)
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