Stop Prompting. Start Specifying: A Spec-Driven Approach to AI-Assisted Data Engineering | Boston

​ODSC AI Skills Accelerator x Snowflake | Boston

​When: September 3 at 6 PM ET
Speaker: Keith Belanger, 30 Year Veteran Sr. Data Architect - Snowflake Data Superhero.

Join ODSC AI and Snowflake in Boston for a practical session exploring a different way to build data solutions with AI coding agents, moving beyond one-off prompts toward a more structured, repeatable approach.

​This event is part of the ODSC AI Skills Accelerator, bringing together AI and data professionals for expert-led sessions focused on building real-world AI and data systems.

​About the Session

​AI coding agents are rapidly changing how we build data solutions, but much of today's AI-assisted development still begins with a prompt and ends with a subjective question: "Does this look right?"

​What if we approached it differently?

​In this session, Keith will demonstrate how data engineering teams can move beyond one-off prompting with Spec-Driven Data Engineering , using business concepts, specifications, and engineering standards to guide AI-assisted development in Snowflake.

​See how shifting from prompting to specifying can make AI-assisted data engineering more repeatable, measurable, and outcome-driven.

👨‍🍳 Cooking with CoCo

​Keith recently published the Snowflake Cookbook, so he’s bringing a little of that flavor to Boston with his “Cooking with CoCo” theme.

​During the demo, Keith will use CoCo, Snowflake’s agentic AI capability, to show Spec-Driven Data Engineering in action. Think less “throw some prompts together and see what happens” and more “follow the recipe, define what good looks like, and build toward it.”

📚 And there’s a bonus: Keith will be giving away copies of his Snowflake Cookbook to attendees!

​Why Join?

​Come for the practical insights and stay to connect with Boston’s AI, data engineering, and developer community over complimentary food and drinks. 🍕🥂