A new Wroc.NET season with more room for discussion

I help organise Wroc.NET, the Wrocław .NET user group. Our season runs from September to May, and we opened this one on September 22 with meeting 170. Łukasz Olbromski and I led our first discussion panel in a long time, with everyone in the room welcome to join in. We talked about AI agents and engineering responsibility. The discussion itself took place without microphones.

The feedback afterwards was clear: people wanted more of these interactions. Our October meeting will include another panel. This post is a short account of how we approached the discussion and what I want to carry into the rest of the season.

Opening the season with the dates for our next meetings.

A topic and a few statements to start

Łukasz proposed the title: “Code got cheaper. Responsibility didn’t. What does it mean to be an engineer in the age of AI agents?” We prepared a few statements about developers’ skills, juniors using AI and reviewing generated code. They gave us a starting point without needing a long presentation.

People brought their own questions, experiences and objections. The conversation covered C# and .NET, the job market for juniors and the value of knowing the business domain. Different views on AI gave us plenty to discuss.

Making space for more voices

I appreciated how Łukasz moderated the room. He made space for people who were comfortable speaking up and those who were quieter. His contributions were longer and drew on his experience. I added shorter questions and observations. That combination worked well for us, and I would happily do it again.

In his post after the meeting, Tymoteusz Wojnarowski described almost three hours of discussion, with many participants sharing their ideas and experiences. He did not think we had reached a consensus on responsibility for code. He still left with new perspectives and renewed hope about the future of our profession.

That is one participant’s account, but it captures something I valued about the evening: people could disagree and still get something useful from the conversation.

What I want to carry into this season

I am directing more of my own learning towards AI. I also want Wroc.NET to make room for discussing how it affects our work. Technical presentations remain part of the programme, alongside opportunities to compare experiences and ask questions we are still working through.

For the next discussions, I want to keep three things from September:

• a clear topic and a few statements to get the conversation started
• room for participants’ experiences and opposing views
• moderation that gives quieter people a chance to speak

Our next meeting is on October 20, with two presentations and another discussion panel. If you want to ask a question, share your experience or hear how others see these changes, join us on Meetup. You are welcome to come and listen, too.

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Cover illustration generated with Gemini using a photograph from the meeting. The photograph in the post shows the actual event.