A developer's takeaways from the Eclipse Foundation's first AI Coding Workshop in Brussels, led by Jonas Helming. The core message is moving from 'vibe coding' (prompt and hope) to 'Systematic AI Coding' — understanding how coding agents actually work and building repeatable workflows around them. Key insights include: LLMs are stateless and context is everything; efficiency degrades around 40% of context window capacity (the 'dumb zone'); time allocation shifts dramatically with AI (more design/review/debugging, less typing); and 'done' from an agent doesn't mean production-ready. Practical workflow advice covers when to start fresh sessions, how to compact context manually, and the importance of upfront design before prompting. The Eclipse Foundation's Open VSX and Theia IDE are also briefly highlighted.
