Código y Corazón

The AI Reckoning — A Telenovela from Medellín

NexoDigital, a respected Colombian software company with 15 years of history, has just been acquired by a powerful tech conglomerate. The new owners bring in QuantumMind Solutions, an AI consulting firm promising to “10x productivity” by replacing developers with AI-powered automation.

47 jobs. 47 families. One team’s soul at stake.

This is the story of AI disruption, engineering identity, redemption through craft, and love in times of technological upheaval. Because the code doesn’t lie. But the people selling AI transformation do.

📺 New to telenovelas? Learn about this dramatic Latin American storytelling format and why it’s perfect for exploring software delivery dysfunction.

The Characters

Stefan Richter

The Developer Advocate

Marcus Delacroix

The Prophet of Obsolescence

Don Aurelio

The Founder

Natalia Vásquez

The Beautiful Weapon

Tomás Herrera

The Young Genius

Salomé Ruiz

The Wild Flame

Carmen Lucía

The CTO

Sofia Méndez

The Truth-Teller

Andrés Mejía

The Lost Soul

Software Development Lessons

Behind the drama, betrayal, and romance lies a deliberate exploration of real software delivery challenges. Each episode weaves technical concepts into the narrative, showing how engineering practices directly impact business outcomes.

🤖 AI as Tool, Not Replacement

The central conflict exposes the difference between AI as a productivity accelerator for skilled engineers and AI as a silver bullet sold by consultants who've never written production code. Stefan's philosophy: "A chisel doesn't replace the sculptor."

😱 The Fear Economy

Marcus Delacroix's method — create panic about AI replacement, sell expensive "transformation" contracts, gut engineering teams, claim victory when short-term metrics improve, disappear before the technical collapse — mirrors real-world consultancy patterns.

🔧 Engineering Identity & Craft

When developers face replacement threats, the series explores what makes software development irreducible to automation: design judgment, domain understanding, collaborative problem-solving, and the accumulated wisdom of building systems that work in production.

💔 Trust as Vulnerability

Tomás's devastating arc shows how isolation and loneliness create exploitable weaknesses. The team's recovery demonstrates that sustainable engineering requires genuine human connection, not just technical practices.

🧪 Redemption Through Practice

The series doesn't offer magic solutions. The team rebuilds through discipline: TDD, continuous integration, documentation, pairing. Stefan doesn't rescue them — he reminds them what they already knew how to do.

🎯 Observable Signals vs. Opinions

Stefan shifts the conversation from status meetings to measurable signals: lead time, deployment frequency, defect escape rate. Real progress shows up in production, not PowerPoint.

AI is transforming software development. But the transformation that matters isn't replacing developers — it's equipping disciplined engineers with powerful new tools. Organizations that fall for "AI will do it cheaper" narratives will discover too late that they've traded capability for dependency.

Episodes

Episode 1

El Lobo Llega

September 10, 2026 24 min read

NexoDigital has just been acquired, and the new owners bring in QuantumMind Solutions to 'transform' the company. For 47 developers, the slick pres...

Episode 2

Primera Sangre

September 17, 2026 42 min read

Stefan Richter arrives at NexoDigital without fanfare — just a German in jeans asking to see code, not org charts. Meanwhile, Natalia Vásquez makes...

About This Series

Código y Corazón is a serialized fiction that uses the format of a Latin American telenovela to explore the real tensions around AI in software development: the fear of replacement, the seduction of automation promises, and the irreducible value of engineering craft.

Set in Medellín, Colombia — the City of Eternal Spring — the series follows a development team fighting for survival against consultants who’ve never deployed production code but have mastered the art of selling fear.

Each episode introduces concepts familiar to anyone who has faced “digital transformation” initiatives: AI hype cycles, the gap between demos and reality, the human cost of treating developers as interchangeable resources, and the slow rebuild of engineering dignity.

The story is fiction. The fear-mongering is all too real.