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Selected talks

Sessions on security research, Claude Code, Scala/Lift and Elixir/BEAM, from local developer meetups to an international hacker camp.

Knowledge sharing at an engineering talk

Podcasts · Making AI understandable

Software security in the age of AI on DOAG VOICES

AI finds security flaws and makes attacks easier at the same time. In episode 48 of DOAG VOICES FutureAI, Franz Bettag and host Dr. Benjamin Linnik discuss how to separate real findings from false alarms, how to review existing code, how to pick a suitable model and how expert knowledge moves into AI agents. Published on September 29, 2026. The conversation is in German, and DOAG introduces him as a security researcher. A public expert appearance, not a client reference.

AI expert guest on ERGO Alltagskompass

Building AI and making it understandable: in episode 22, “Die digitale KI-Revolution”, Franz Bettag discusses AI in the workplace, machine learning for businesses and ethical questions. Published on May 21, 2025. ERGO introduces him as an AI expert in the episode description. A public expert appearance, not a client reference.

Talks

How I Accidentally Became #2 VDP Researcher for Germany on HackerOne

Claude Code Meetup · Nuremberg · April 16, 2026

Start With A Loop

Claude Community Event · Stadthalle Fürth · July 15, 2026

Building modern and robust Web-Applications in 2021, without writing any JavaScript

MCH2022 · Elixir, Phoenix and BEAM · July 24, 2022

Liftweb and Netty for Web Development

Skills Matter · In the Brain of Franz Bettag · London · 2012. Liftweb, Comet, long-polling and WebSockets, plus Netty and Akka integration. The surviving 28 slides identify the event, location and year; the official Netty documentation also links to the presentation.

Abgehoben — Schnelles, funktionales Web-Development mit Liftweb

Herbstcampus · Nuremberg · September 5, 2012 · German-language talk. Introduction to Liftweb covering view-first development, CSS selectors, Comet/long-polling actors and forms. The official conference programme documents both the session and speaker.

Knowledge sharing at an engineering talk