Most AI Demos Don't Work on Your Legacy App. What Does Work? | Community Feed

Everyone’s seen an AI demo. Far fewer people show what happens when you point those tools at real, everyday work. In this Update Talk, Gerald Versluis explains why he built his conference session around actual tasks — because a demo that only works on someone else’s perfect codebase is useless on yours.

What you’ll learn

Why skip the flashy demos — Gerald’s choice to show his real daily workflow instead of keynote-stage magic tricks
AI on the .NET team — what it’s like having (almost) unlimited tokens at Microsoft, and why that changes how you experiment
Garbage in, garbage out still rules — what still surprises him about AI, the good and the bad
The future of the profession — whether he’s worried, and what junior developers should do right now to stay relevant
#1 practical tip — how to set up a codebase with AI from day one using Copilot instructions, skills, and more

Watch the full talk for the candid conversation, then catch Gerald’s deeper session “Stop Watching AI Demos. Start Using It” on the Update NOW Portal for real prompts and iteration patterns.