Monthly meetup · Cologne + online

Vibe Coding Cologne

Let's connect among AI enthusiasts and context engineers to explore the good, the bad and the arrrsome of AI

Wed, Oct 7Wed, October 7, 2026 · 18:30–21:00 CESTSTARTPLATZ Cologne + online · free, alwaysFree, always

100+ vibe coders and marketers join every month · 2,000+ since June 2025

Agenda

Sessions on what's now unlocked with AI – product, marketing, automation. Each shows something practical you can apply in your own work.

The evening18:30–21:00 CEST

Wed, October 7, 2026On site and on Zoom

4 talks, open Q&A, then drinks.

18:30
18:30 – 19:00
Doors Open – Grab a Drink, Meet Builders
Pre-event mixer to connect with Cologne's builder community. The Zoom meeting also opens at 18:30 for online attendees.
19:00
Ben Sufiani · 19:00 – 19:15
From Web to App: Pirate Skills in Your Pocket
Ben opens the evening with a first look at the Pirate Skills app – events, sign-ups and the Captain, built for this community. He built it in a weekend, without being a developer, because the website was already made of actions that agents and apps can both use.
19:15
Christina Röse · 19:15 – 19:30
Vibe Coding My Own Wedding
Christina Röse isn't technical. She still vibe coded the landing page for her own wedding on bridesmaid.love, the agentic wedding planner she's building. What worked, where she got stuck, and what a non-developer needs to ship something real.
19:30
Farzan Borhanazad · 19:30 – 19:45
Agentic Design: From Vague Briefing to Finished Website
Farzan Borhanazad, who runs the German Vibe Code Awards, turns a vague briefing into a stunning website with AI in a few hours. He shows his setup and workflow – Codex, Claude and design skills – plus the tricks behind real brands, like swapping colors and fonts in seconds.
19:45
Nurgul Aslan · 19:45 – 20:00
Who Owns Your AI?
Most companies can't name the person responsible for AI – so the answer defaults to no. Nurgul Aslan of IADM shows the fix: list every AI tool, classify its risk, name an owner, train and document. What the EU AI Act asks of you, and what it doesn't.
20:00
All Speakers · 20:00 – 20:30
Open Q&A and Wrap Up
Your questions, your insights – from beginner to advanced, plus next event details and community updates.
20:30
All of us · 20:30 – Open End
Drinks & Conversation
Good rum and good conversation – it's a Pirate Skills event

Who should attend?

Stop waiting on others. Build it yourself. Grow it yourself.

For founders

No co-founder? No problem. Build your MVP yourself.

Stop paying €15k for MVPs that take 4 months and don't work.
See how non-technical founders are shipping real products.

For product managers

Show, don't slide. Build working prototypes.

Validate ideas before committing 6 weeks of engineering time.
Demo with something they can click, not a deck.

For marketers

Stop waiting on dev. Landing pages in 15 minutes.

Set up analytics and tracking yourself.
Iterate, A/B test and launch without waiting on anyone.

For developers

Automate the boring stuff – bug fixes, tests, docs.

Focus on high-impact feature work, not grunt chores.
See the bigger picture – AI isn't just for code, it's for building businesses.

This is real

AI isn't coming. It's here. See what's actually happening.

vibe coders and marketers every month: 100+
attendees since June 2025: 2,000+
in the WhatsApp community: 500+

What you will actually see

Shown live, by the people who built it.

Live vibe coding sessionsWatch real software get built in real time, not slides.
Real product numbersRevenue, users and conversion rates from AI-built products.
Production automation workflowsSystems that save hours of manual work every week.
Marketing built with AILanding pages, campaigns and analytics setups, demonstrated live.
Before and after timelinesHow long things took before and after learning vibe coding.
Tools and stacks that workWhat the community actually uses, not theoretical recommendations.

Event location and online access

In Cologne

STARTPLATZ Cologne

Address: Im Mediapark 5
1st Floor, Room Barcelona
50670 Cologne, Germany
Time: 18:30–21:00 CEST
Train: Media Park station (S-Bahn)
3 minute walk
Parking: Synodome parking house
Filming: We film the talks and share them on pirateskills.com. You might end up in the video – rather not? Tell us at the door.

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Not in Cologne? Still in.

Live on Zoom

Every session streams live – same talks, same energy.

Doors: 18:30, talks at 19:00. Hop in early to chat or join when the talks start.
Quality: HD audio and screen share. We optimize for remote viewers – you won't miss a thing.
Link: Register to get the Zoom link in your confirmation email.

Upcoming events

Join us monthly for hands-on AI-assisted coding sessions. Build real products and automations with the latest tools.

Open Your Vault to Agents

Oct 21, 202618:00–19:00 CESTOnlineFreePirate Lab

Your website is a teller who needs to see a face. We open the pirateskills.com vault live – the Captain, MCP, API keys, the CLI and the skill – and you leave with the first action in your own app that an agent can use.