PUG Challenge 2026 - Providence

We are excited to be heading to PUG Challenge 2026 in Providence, Rhode Island, taking place from October 4–7, 2026.

As a long-standing sponsor and active contributor to PUG Challenge, Consultingwerk is once again looking forward to supporting the event, sharing our expertise, and connecting with the Progress OpenEdge community.

This year, Mike Fechner will be presenting three sessions covering AI-assisted development and REST API design – with plenty of practical insights and real-world OpenEdge experience.

Mike Fechner’s Sessions

Cool Things Your Coding Assistant Can Do For You

Monday, October 5 | 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM | Room 3

AI coding assistants can do much more than generate source code.

Mike demonstrates how an AI-first approach can turn your coding agent into an everyday companion for tasks across the OpenEdge development workflow – from working with .NET designs and AppBuilder applications to analyzing log files, replacing proxygen workflows, handling Swagger files, manipulating images, and much more.

Come and see just how much work you can hand over to a well-equipped coding assistant.

REST API Versioning: Concepts and Samples

Tuesday, October 6 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Room 3

APIs evolve – but the clients using them don’t always evolve at the same pace. In this session, Mike explores the concepts and practical considerations behind REST API versioning, with sample implementations based on PASOE WebHandlers.

Learn about URL-based versioning, media types, their respective trade-offs, and how established software vendors approach the same challenge.

Say Bye-Bye to the IDE. Here Comes Claude Code.

Tuesday, October 6 | 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Room 3

What happens when a lifelong IDE user decides to leave the IDE behind?

Mike shares his journey from AppBuilder and PDSOE through VS Code and Windsurf to making Claude Code his everyday development companion – and the dramatic productivity gains that came with it.

The session gets practical with compiling, unit testing and profiling, as well as CLAUDE.md, rule files, skills and MCP servers that make an AI-first OpenEdge development workflow possible.

Meet Consultingwerk in Providence

And, of course, PUG Challenge is about more than sessions. As a conference sponsor, we’ll be on-site throughout the event and look forward to meeting customers, partners, developers, and everyone else from the OpenEdge community.

Stop by, say hello, and talk to us about OpenEdge development, application modernization, architecture, AI-assisted development, or the challenges you’re facing in your own projects.