AI is dominating Android development, driven by hype over reality. As organizations rush chatbot syntax into production, we are left cleaning up a dumpster fire of unscalable slop. It is time to look past the echo chamber and address our real challenge: protecting codebases from automated pollution.

True engineering relies on architectural rigor and knowing what not to build. This talk is not a chatbot tutorial. Instead, I will share a survival strategy for maintaining codebase integrity when non-technical actors try to treat deliberate software design like an adult colouring book, scribbling shortcuts all over your repo.

You'll walk away with a practical playbook to manage the hype without losing your sanity. Learn how to safeguard repositories, defend quality standards, and strategically isolate your architecture. Ultimately, you will get the tools to distract the tech-bros so you can get back to building actual, resilient software.