HANA Cafe NL

Jan Penninkhof, Twan van den Broek

HANA Cafe Nederland, podcast over de SAP wereld. Samen met klanten / partners / ontwikkelaars bespreken we in het cafe het SAP nieuws. Van SAP Business Technology Platform, via S/4HANA, naar events en weer terug ;-)

  1. From Hackathon Concept to SAP App Store: How AI-Driven Development is Redefining Product Master Data (S11E06, EN)

    APR 20

    From Hackathon Concept to SAP App Store: How AI-Driven Development is Redefining Product Master Data (S11E06, EN)

    Can a hackathon project become a certified enterprise product? In the latest episode of HANA Café NNL, Twan van den Broek and Jan Penninkhof sit down with innovators Arun Krishnamoorthy and Hari Sreenivasalu from Aarini Consulting to discuss the evolution of Prodsphere—a product experience management solution born from an SAP BTP Hackathon. 🔹 The Digital Product Passport (DPP): Learn how they are staying ahead of 2027 EU regulations by building a dynamic system that generates product passports via QR codes—ensuring transparency on origin, recycling, and carbon footprint at the scan of a bottle. 🔹 Spec-Driven Development (SDDD) vs. "Vibe Coding": Arun shares a masterclass on their development philosophy. Instead of just prompting an AI and hoping for the best, they use high-quality specifications to generate code, run automated tests via Playwright, and keep a "human in the loop" to ensure enterprise-grade quality. 🔹 Natively Built on BTP: Discover why SAP Business Technology Platform was the only choice for scalability and security, utilizing SAP AI Core, CAP, and SAP Build Process Automation to orchestrate complex product workflows. 🔹 The Future of the Developer: A fascinating look at how the role of the developer is shifting from "code writer" to "code reviewer" and "spec architect," enabling developers to become true full-stack experts

    48 min
  2. Catch up on VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon with Mouade and Ted (S10E20, EN)

    12/17/2025

    Catch up on VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon with Mouade and Ted (S10E20, EN)

    In this episode of the HANA Café NL podcast, hosts Twan van den Broek and Jan Penninkhof celebrate their 20th episode of the year by diving into the VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon with guests Ted Castelijns and Mouade Boussaid from Expertum. 🚀 The VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon The podcast explores a new hackathon format that spans several months rather than the traditional 24-hour "no sleep" sprint. This allows participants to work on real-world business cases alongside their daily jobs. Expertum is currently collaborating with their customer, Ecotone, to solve a practical integration challenge. The team is building a solution within the SAP Integration Suite to address a common pain point: the ability for functional users to easily "switch off" or undeploy specific groups of interfaces during system upgrades. The Tech Stack: The solution leverages SAP BTP, Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), and the Integration Suite APIs. AI Integration: They are investigating how AI can assist in filtering and grouping hundreds of integration flows to make the process less error-prone and more efficient. The guests shared their main takeaways from the recent SAP TechEd event: SAP Build & Rapid-1: Excitement around tabular-based machine learning and its potential for HANA Cloud users. Agentic AI: Discussion on the promise of multi-agent systems and the upcoming Joule Studio, envisioning a future where AI "colleagues" collaborate to solve complex tasks. BTP Maturity: A reflection on how SAP BTP has evolved from its "Neo" days into a mature, solid product that excels in hybrid cloud environments. The hackathon teams are aiming for a spot at the VNSG SAP Year Event (Sync) on March 12, 2026, where the finalists will present their solutions in a Demo Jam-style pitch on the main stage.

    49 min

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HANA Cafe Nederland, podcast over de SAP wereld. Samen met klanten / partners / ontwikkelaars bespreken we in het cafe het SAP nieuws. Van SAP Business Technology Platform, via S/4HANA, naar events en weer terug ;-)