Dom Fretz. AI agentic engineer.
Who’s holding
the wheel?
AI won’t replace your team any time soon. The real question is who’s in charge. I help engineers and teams move faster with AI, and keep their hands on the wheel.
Next up Claude in Byron, 28 Nov 2026. A hands-on Claude day for business owners. ↗people taught Claude in person, in Sydney and beyond
Claude events run or co-hosted in 2026
people trained in hands-on Claude workshops
speaker rating at the Opus 5.5 Build Day, Zurich
Twenty years
of shipping software.
- SYDNEY · NOW
Harbour Edge Intelligence
AI engineering and training for Australian teams.
- SYDNEY · SINCE 2026
Claude Community Ambassador
Co-running Claude Community Australia. 25+ events so far.
- SYDNEY
Milkrun
Built the backend team.
- ZURICH
Credit Suisse
Senior software engineer.
Give it a little context.
The task stays the same. So does the model.
Switch on what it knows about your project.
› Fix the duplicate checkout charges.
“Try disabling the pay button.”
That might stop a double click. But what about retries, timeouts, or two tabs? Without context, even a tidy answer can solve the wrong problem.
This is how I like to teach. Less slide deck. More “oh, now I get it”.
Inside a Claude Code team day ↘You are the
community.
In January 2026 I asked Rye Smith to speak at a Claude meetup, and caught the train from Newcastle with slides finished that morning.
Now we co-run Claude Community Australia: 3,000 members, rooms full of everyone from students to the C-suite, and stages from Sydney to Stockholm.
In their words.
“Dom breaks down the fundamentals in a way that actually sticks... I wish I’d taken this class earlier.”
“Dom is a great teacher and super helpful during the session when anyone hits roadblocks or questions.”
“I found Dominik’s insights especially helpful... He was also very clear and engaging as a speaker.”
Quotes from attendee surveys, credited the way each person chose.
Keep your hands
on the wheel.
Not every problem is AI-shaped. I’ll help you find the ones that are, then build the habits your team needs to handle them well.
Say g’day
Claude Code team day
One day in your repo and backlog. Five to twenty engineers leave with a workflow they’ll keep using.
A talk for your room
Who holds the wheel, AI that checks its own work, and why context beats a bigger model.
Under the bonnet
A half-day masterclass on my setup and workflow. The decisions, the habits and the bits that took a few goes.
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Broke my dad’s
computer at 11.
I’ve been writing software since I was about 12. In 2013 I left Switzerland with a one-way ticket and a suitcase. Sydney is home, and underwater is where I switch off.
Claude in Byron.
Let’s get hands-on.
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