Regenerate, don’t maintain

​In the age of coding agents, writing code is becoming easier. The harder and more important problem is defining what the system should do.

​When a coding agent can always regenerate software from durable information, it fully understands what it is building. Instead of getting worse as misunderstandings accumulate, regeneration enables the agent to grow with the software.

​In this hands-on workshop, you'll explore regenerative software using integration development as a practical example. Using an agentic skills framework, you'll create structured, reusable definitions of system behavior. These definitions become the source of truth from which the software can be generated, validated, and regenerated.

​Why does this matter? Coding agents can fix mistakes, ask questions, and become increasingly capable, but they still can't read your mind. The challenge is not only whether an agent can write code, but whether it understands what it is building. Regeneration provides a practical way to make that understanding explicit, durable, and testable.

​You'll then change the system by changing its definition and let the agent regenerate the software. Instead of maintaining software primarily by modifying code, you'll experience a workflow where the system definition remains the durable source of truth and the software can be regenerated as that definition evolves.

​You'll leave with a practical approach to maintaining software at the level of system definition rather than code, and a pattern that can be applied far beyond integration development.

​This is one of the Conference Moments taking place during How to Web Conference 2026. Access is available exclusively to How to Web Conference ticket holders.