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No More Broken Handoffs between Product & Engineering

  •  · code.talks 2025 · with Zamina Ahmad (shades&contrast)

Abstract

Ever built a feature only to realize the spec didn't cover all cases, UX flows were unclear, or priorities shifted? The real bottleneck isn't tools or skills. It's broken handoffs between product and engineering.

In this session, Zamina and Benedikt show how AI-powered workflows create real alignment: running product discovery and tech validation together, in the same loop; turning product ideas into prototypes using tools like Lovable.dev; replacing static specs with live, shared prototypes that evolve as teams collaborate.

The session is about building shared systems that let product and engineering move as one team.

Three takeaways

  • Prototype together instead of writing isolated user stories.
  • Discovery, estimation, and refinement in one session.
  • Edge cases visible before a single line of production code.