The continuous thunderdome

This talk takes Steve Yegge's "continuous thunderdome" as a starting point and shows how to make CI/CD work at planet scale, and how to solve the perennial problem that nobody wants to fix the build.

Speakers: Jez Humble

September 29, 2026

Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026

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In a world in which AI agents are capable of writing infinite amounts of code, is CI/CD dead? What happens to code review? This talk takes Steve Yegge’s “continuous thunderdome” as a starting point and shows how to make CI/CD work at planet scale, and how to solve the perennial problem that nobody wants to fix the build.

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