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AI-native development: How to actually get the most out of your agents
This talk covers spec-driven development as a way to give agents better constraints, large language model (LLM) gateway and routing strategies for managing which model handles which task, test-driven development adapted for an agent-first workflow, and verification practices built for the volume and pace of AI-generated code.
Editor’s picks
Cooking up a culture of continuous learning
Continuous learning is an important part of building a collaborative culture.
Build a productive code review culture
Code reviews can be tense and stressful if done incorrectly. Avoid bikeshedding and set good cultural standards with these nine simple steps.
Trust is the ultimate driver of engineering excellence
How can you improve the level of trust in your teams to bolster performance and encourage an inclusive culture.

Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
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Essential reading
How to build an intentional culture
Don’t leave your culture up to chance. Curate your principles and values intentionally to build high-performing, harmonious teams.
On our Culture playlist
Culture, Clarity, Velocity
This session explores how leaders can examine proposed changes and prepare their teams to move from a culture that impedes progress to one that enables strategic change.
Happy teams don’t leave
To retain talent, engineering leaders need to establish an engaging culture within their teams
From hurdles to highways: Crafting a collaborative experimentation ecosystem at GetYourGuide
Discover how GetYourGuide transformed its experimentation platform, navigating challenges to build a streamlined, collaborative, and innovative ecosystem for efficient testing and creativity.
How to build a culture of accountability in your teams
In this panel, we’ll discuss what a culture of accountability actually looks like in practice, and the role of the engineering leader in encouraging a culture of accountability, not blame, in busy developer teams.
Fostering a culture of experimentation in your engineering teams
How can engineering leaders help their reports find joy in their work?


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New York • September 8 & 9, 2027
More about Culture
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Embedding on a team as a Staff+ engineer
A four-step guide to leveling up your team from the staff plus position.
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In partnership with Platform.sh
Three ways to reduce the cost of DevOps
Spending too much on DevOps maintenance? Here are some ways to cut costs.
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Encouraging autonomy within engineering teams
Autonomy is a wonderful thing. Here’s how to relinquish control and empower your engineering teams to deliver more impact.
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Six things to consider when structuring engineering teams
Organizing or reorganizing engineering teams? Here are some best practices to keep in mind.
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How to develop curiosity in your team
Curiosity is a superpower. Here’s how to inspire it in your team.
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The old Twitter is gone
Morale has plummeted as the company has rapidly changed from a well-respected engineering organization to a punchline under the leadership of Elon Musk.
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Four ways to protect yourself from burnout
You don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep others warm. Here are some preventative steps you can take to avoid burning out.
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How I support my reports’ mental health as a new manager
How can engineering managers support mental health in their teams? Matt Cooper shares five ways to get started.
Top Culture videos
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Examples are hard: Prioritizing developer experience
Understand how to always put your developers’ experience first
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Great engineers are made by great engineering teams
Learn how to build teams that nurture great engineers.
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Shaping culture in the engineering organization
How to you ensure diversity, equity, and belonging are fundamental parts of your culture.
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Building Culture through Communication
Neha Batra talks about building a team culture requires time, care, attention, and intention.
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How to bring accessibility into your teams
Laveena Ramchandani focuses on accessibility testing and how it is vital especially when your product is a user-facing application. We need to be socially aware as a team and build quality towards our product by making it more accessible.
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Using incidents to level-up your teams
Lisa Karlin Curtis discusses the different things that individuals and teams can learn from incidents, and gives a few suggestions that’ll help you and your teams get the best value from the incidents that you have.
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Creating a user-focused engineering team
Watch the webinar to learn how to include your engineering teams in conversations around product design and strategy.

