Lawrence Lockhart
LawrenceDCodes: putting heart in tech, finally.
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Lawrence Lockhart, Senior Developer Advocate at Beefree, has been a technologist for 7 years and helping developers reach their goals for 5. As a mid-life career changer, he appreciates the struggles other adults seeking to transition to tech experience and speaks to those struggles in his content creation on Twitter, TikTok, and Youtube. He's a saved family man who's truly humbled by where his journey has brought him.
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It's FIne to Start with Vibes: Just Don't End There! How to go from CLI to Prod
Like it or not, we're all "vibe coding." these days " But "vibes" are where you start, not where you end. A vibe is just a string. A production system, however, runs on contracts, type-safety, and reliability. This session is about how to bridge that gap.
This is a three-part, live-coding journey. First, we'll embrace the vibe: we'll use the Gemini CLI to run a quick, unstructured code review. Second, we'll build a simple Genkit agent to show how the CLI can call local tools for a smarter, more structured vibe.
Finally, we'll graduate this tool. We'll take this concept and build it right in our native stack. We'll build a production-ready Java agent with Spring AI, define a contract using a Java Record, and let Spring's AiClient orchestrate the review. You will leave with a clear, actionable playbook for turning your AI experiments into reliable, enterprise-ready Java applications.
You Don't Know JSON: How to Grow From Syntax to Superpowers
Do you really know JSON? We treat it as a simple format for transferring data. But what if that's like using a supercar just to drive to the grocery store?
This talk uncovers patterns that transform JSON from a simple data format into a robust tool for building scalable applications. We'll explore using JSON for everything from data validation to defining agentic workflows. We'll even share how to leverage JSON as a Domain-Specific Language (DSL)
to define entire UI layouts.
To make these concepts tangible, we'll conclude with a real-world case study: a deep dive into how the visual content builder Beefree SDK uses a JSON-first architecture as its source of truth. Leave this session with a new appreciation for the tool you use every day and a
new set of superpowers to apply to your own projects.
Lawrence Lockhart
LawrenceDCodes: putting heart in tech, finally.
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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