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Guardrails, not gates: Scaling juniors in the AI era
How automated guardrails let junior engineers ship faster with AI, while protecting quality, safety, and senior reviewer sanity.
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Meta and the great DEI rollback
Once an emblem of inclusivity, Meta has officially joined tech’s anti-DEI bandwagon.

Berlin • November 9 & 10, 2026
The full LeadDev Berlin lineup just dropped 🎉
Essential reading
31 smart questions to ask in a software engineering interview
Interviews are a two-way street, don’t waste the opportunity to ask these smart questions.
On our Hiring playlist
De-coding the technical interview process: Emma Bostian in conversation
What if you had a cheat code for acing technical interviews?
Inclusive hiring is not a checkmark
Inclusion is the foundation of creating a level playing field for employees with all backgrounds to be heard, to be challenged, and to have an impact.
Retaining Your People After the Tech Boom
Discover how to retain talent during staff reductions by leading with empathy, building trust, and understanding employees’ motivators in times of economic and industry change.
What is the role of the engineering manager in the hiring process?
How can time-strapped engineering managers juggle hiring responsibilities alongside their day to day?


The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
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The antiracist leader: organizational process
Examining how to check biases at the door of our organizational processes
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How to nurture the introverts in your engineering team
The importance of embracing everyone and their personality types
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Designing an inclusive workplace in a new normal
Exploring ‘the anatomy of inclusion’ and ‘the biology of belonging’
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Grow your own grassroots allyship
How to prepare, plant, and nurture an initiative for underrepresented groups in your organization.
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Understanding the role of software architects
An in-depth look at this individual contributor position


