Claude Code Architecture: From Vibe Coding to Governed Engineering Systems

Name: ArchConf
Start: 2026-12-07T08:00-0500
End: 2026-12-10T14:30-0500
Location: Opal Sands Resort

Rohit Bhardwaj

DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE, EXPERT IN CLOUD-NATIVE SOLUTIONS

01 / ABOUT THIS SESSION

Claude Code is not just a coding assistant. Used casually, it can create fast prototypes. Used architecturally, it can become a powerful engineering accelerator for discovery, refactoring, test generation, documentation, architecture reviews, and modernization.

This talk teaches architects, tech leads, and senior developers how to use Claude Code as part of a governed software delivery system. We will explore how to structure repositories, write effective CLAUDE.md guidance, create architecture guardrails, generate tests, review AI-produced code, and use Claude Code without turning your codebase into an ungoverned “vibe coding” experiment.

The core message is simple: Claude Code should not replace architecture judgment. It should amplify it.

Anthropic’s own Claude documentation emphasizes prompting clarity, examples, structured guidance, and agentic workflows, which makes architecture-level instructions especially important when using Claude in engineering systems.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn how to:

Use Claude Code as an architecture assistant, not just a code generator.
Create a strong CLAUDE.md file for repo-specific engineering guidance.
Apply architecture guardrails for SOLID, API design, testing, security, and maintainability.
Use Claude Code for refactoring, modernization, test generation, and documentation.
Review AI-generated code using architecture quality gates.
Avoid common risks: over-generation, hidden coupling, insecure code, weak tests, and design drift.

Agenda

Why Claude Code Changes Software Architecture
From pair programmer to repo-aware engineering agent.
Claude Code Is Not Your Architect
What Claude can automate, and what humans must still decide.
The Architecture Control File: CLAUDE.md
Repo context, coding standards, architecture rules, test expectations, and anti-patterns.
Architecture Katas with Claude Code
Refactor a service, add tests, improve API boundaries, document architecture decisions.
Quality Gates for AI-Generated Code
SOLID, security, performance, observability, testability, and maintainability checks.
Modernization and Refactoring Workflows
Using Claude Code for legacy analysis, decomposition, migration planning, and safe incremental change.
Security, Governance, and Team Adoption
Permissions, secrets, prompt injection, review workflows, and responsible usage.
Final Playbook
How to introduce Claude Code into an engineering team without losing architecture discipline.

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02 / SESSION DETAILS

FORMAT

90-minute session

03 / MORE FROM ROHIT BHARDWAJ

01 From Brute Force to Brilliance: Algorithmic Thinking in the Age of AI ALGORITHMICTHINKING → 02 GraphRAG & Explainable AI: Building Trustworthy LLM Outputs → 03 AI Inference at Scale: Reliability, Observability, Cost & Sustainability → 04 AI-Era System Design & Architecture Mastery Katas SYSTEMDESIGN → 05 Architecting Microservices for Agentic AI Integration → 06 Beyond APIs: Orchestration Patterns & MCP for Multi-Agent Systems → 07 Claude Certified Architect Readiness for Developers VIBE → 08 Run an AWS Generative-AI Well-Architected Review → 09 Securing LLMs in Production: From OWASP Top-10 to Guardrails that Work NISTAI → 10 From APIs to MCPs: Making Microservices Agent-Ready with Semantic Context →

YOUR SPEAKER

Rohit Bhardwaj

DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE, EXPERT IN CLOUD-NATIVE SOLUTIONS

Rohit Bhardwaj is a Director of Architecture working at Salesforce. Rohit has extensive experience architecting multi-tenant cloud-native solutions in Resilient Microservices Service-Oriented architectures using AWS Stack. In addition, Rohit has a proven ability in designing solutions and executing and delivering transformational programs that reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

As a trusted advisor, leader, and collaborator, Rohit applies problem resolution, analytical, and operational skills to all initiatives and develops strategic requirements and solution analysis through all stages of the project life cycle and product readiness to execution.
Rohit excels in designing scalable cloud microservice architectures using Spring Boot and Netflix OSS technologies using AWS and Google clouds. As a Security Ninja, Rohit looks for ways to resolve application security vulnerabilities using ethical hacking and threat modeling. Rohit is excited about architecting cloud technologies using Dockers, REDIS, NGINX, RightScale, RabbitMQ, Apigee, Azul Zing, Actuate BIRT reporting, Chef, Splunk, Rest-Assured, SoapUI, Dynatrace, and EnterpriseDB. In addition, Rohit has developed lambda architecture solutions using Apache Spark, Cassandra, and Camel for real-time analytics and integration projects.

Rohit has done MBA from Babson College in Corporate Entrepreneurship, Masters in Computer Science from Boston University and Harvard University. Rohit is a regular speaker at No Fluff Just Stuff, UberConf, RichWeb, GIDS, and other international conferences.

Rohit loves to connect on http://www.productivecloudinnovation.com.
http://linkedin.com/in/rohit-bhardwaj-cloud or using Twitter at rbhardwaj1.

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DECEMBER 7 - 10, 2026 · OPAL SANDS RESORT · CLEARWATER, FL