Dev Days | Mangaluru, India
Dev Days is a global, in-person community-led initiative bringing developers and local tech communities together to explore the power of GitHub Copilot through practical, hands-on experiences. Dev Days | Mangaluru, India is part of this worldwide series focused on modern AI-assisted and agent-driven software development.
Following a successful college outreach series across Coastal Karnataka, we're bringing the wider developer community together for a half-day event focused on real-world GitHub Copilot workflows, AI agents, developer productivity, and the future of software engineering.
Whether you're a software developer, architect, engineering leader, open-source contributor, founder, student, or technology enthusiast, Dev Days Mangaluru is an opportunity to learn from practitioners, connect with peers, and explore how AI is reshaping the way software is built.
🎤 Featured Session
10.00 am - 10.30 am
GitHub Copilot App: From Issue to Merge with AI Agents
GitHub Copilot is evolving from a coding assistant into a development teammate.
In this interactive session, Augustine Correa (GitHub Star, 9x Microsoft MVP, Docker Community Leader) will demonstrate how developers can use GitHub Copilot App to move from GitHub issues and backlog items to implementation, testing, review, and pull requests using AI agents.
Drawing from real-world experience building and maintaining open-source projects and community platforms, attendees will learn how modern development workflows are being transformed by agent-driven development.
Key Topics
✅ Agent-driven software development
✅ GitHub Copilot App workflows
✅ Context engineering and task delegation
✅ Reviewing AI-generated code
✅ Best practices for working with coding agents
10.30 am - 11.00 am [Dev Days - Docker Mangaluru]
Running AI Agents in GitHub Actions with Docker Sandboxes
AI coding agents are increasingly capable of modifying code, running tests, executing commands, and interacting with complex development environments. But how do we safely grant that level of autonomy inside CI/CD pipelines?
In this session, we'll explore how Docker Sandboxes integrate with GitHub Agentic Workflows and GitHub Actions to provide isolated environments for AI agents. Developers will learn how agent-driven workflows can securely analyze issues, run tests, fix defects, and create pull requests while operating inside disposable sandboxed environments.
Key Topics
✅ GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw)
✅ Docker Sandboxes and isolated execution environments
✅ Running AI coding agents in CI/CD pipelines
✅ Secure agent execution using microVM isolation
✅ Automated testing, remediation, and pull request generation
✅ Building trustworthy agent-driven developer workflows
11.00 am - 1.00 pm
💻 Hands-On Workshop: Building Software with GitHub Copilot
The workshop provides an opportunity to put these ideas into practice through guided exercises with GitHub Copilot.
Participants will learn how to:
✅ Understand unfamiliar codebases using AI
✅ Break down features and backlog items
✅ Generate code, tests, and documentation
✅ Refine implementations through iterative collaboration
✅ Review and validate AI-generated changes
✅ Work effectively with GitHub Copilot across the software development lifecycle
Drawing on lessons learned from building production applications and open-source software, practical workflows will be demonstrated that attendees can immediately apply to their own projects.
👨💻 Featured Speaker
Augustine Correa
GitHub Star
9x Microsoft MVP (AI & Developer Technologies)
Docker Community Leader
Augustine has delivered workshops and sessions on AI-assisted development, AI agents, open source, distributed applications, cloud-native technologies, and security at conferences, developer communities, and educational institutions worldwide.
🎤 Community Lightning Talks
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
How AI is Reshaping the Tester's Toolkit
Avinash Shetty (Qxf2 Services)
How testers can use AI for more than just writing test scripts: exploring applications, understanding codebases, generating test data, verifying fixes, and validating behavior at both the code and user levels.
Featuring a live demonstration using Playwright and MCP, including AI-generated synthetic test data, automated bug discovery, issue filing, and fix verification, while highlighting where human judgment remains essential.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break My API: Can AI Find the Bugs I Forgot to Test?
Vidyarathna B
What happens when AI becomes your adversarial testing partner?
This session explores how AI can identify unexpected inputs, edge cases, and negative scenarios that developers often overlook, then execute those tests against a live API and analyze the results.
A practical look at using AI to challenge assumptions and uncover hidden defects before users do.
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Can AI Catch Bugs Your Compiler Can't?
Shreeprabha Bhat
Code that compiles successfully and passes tests can still contain hidden issues such as race conditions, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and overlooked edge cases.
This session demonstrates how AI-assisted developer tools can perform an additional layer of code review for Java and Spring Boot applications, helping engineers identify potential bugs, generate tests, and improve code quality.
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Building Grojet: From Idea to a Real-World B2B Platform
Yathish Acharya
A builder's journey from concept to production.
Learn how Grojet is being developed as a platform serving wholesalers, distributors, and retailers, covering product discovery, APIs, authentication, mobile applications, and real-world business workflows.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Designing a Token-Efficient MCP Server
Jnanesh & Deion D'Souza (Manasija)
As MCP servers evolve from a handful of tools into large ecosystems, context consumption becomes a critical challenge.
This session explores deferred-discovery architectures that allow models to discover and load tools only when necessary, reducing token consumption while maintaining scalability and capability.
Topics include architecture, implementation strategies, trade-offs, and practical guidance for building MCP servers that scale effectively.
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Your AI Passed the Tests. Production Had Other Plans.
Neha Kalbande
Testing AI systems requires a different mindset from testing deterministic software.
This session explores practical approaches for evaluating AI-powered applications, detecting regressions, capturing production failures, and building evaluation workflows that transform real-world incidents into repeatable regression tests.
Attendees will leave with patterns to make AI-powered systems more reliable, observable, and production-ready.
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
One Does Not Simply Load a Web Page
Deveesh Shetty (Levels.fyi)
Typing a URL and pressing Enter feels simple, but behind the scenes a remarkable chain of events unfolds.
This session follows a single web request from browser to server and back, covering DNS resolution, TLS, HTTP requests and responses, caching, cookies, and the hidden infrastructure that makes the modern web work.
🎯 Who Should Attend?
✅ Software Developers
✅ Engineering Managers & Technical Leads
✅ Architects & Consultants
✅ DevOps Engineers
✅ Open-Source Contributors
✅ Startup Founders & Builders
✅ College Students preparing for industry careers
✅ Anyone interested in AI-powered software development
💻 Prerequisites
Laptop (strongly recommended)
GitHub Account
Visual Studio Code installed
GitHub Copilot access (Free or Paid)
Basic familiarity with software development and Git
⚠️ Some workshop activities consume GitHub Copilot AI credits. While GitHub Copilot Free is sufficient for participation, attendees should be mindful of available credits before the event.
🤝 Community First
Dev Days Mangaluru is organized by the community, for the community. In collaboration with
Beyond the sessions, you'll have opportunities to connect with fellow developers, technology leaders, students, open-source contributors, and local companies who are exploring how AI is transforming software engineering.
📌 Registration & Entry
Registration does not guarantee admission to the event. Space is limited and registrations are subject to approval to ensure a balanced and engaging experience for all attendees. We encourage early registration and completion of all application questions.
Date: Saturday, 19 September 2026
Venue: (UniCourt) Mangalore Infotech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mangaluru
Please note: Session lineup and speakers will continue to be updated as additional speakers are confirmed.