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Keep calm and code on in the face of bugs
Bugs making their way into the system may feel like a sting to a developer. But, letting go of defensiveness can bring many advantages!
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How to evaluate AI performance when you have no domain expertise
If you have no experience with the domain you’re working on, that’s ok. Here’s how you can beat common problems and ensure success.
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Content sponsored by CircleCIHow to build experimentation into your technical roadmap
On demand video This webinar is for engineering leaders who believe that a strong culture of experimentation drives innovation – and who want to convince peers and stakeholders that it should be part of your technical strategy. Our panelists will share how they managed to build planning and conducting experiments…
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The quickly evolving role of QA
In fast-paced software development environments, the way you think about quality assurance needs to change.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
A festival of engineering leadership
Essential reading
How to bake quality into your teams’ coding process
Taking code quality beyond documentation and into the fabric of your team’s work.
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Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
Code matters – learn how to create a culture of quality in your organisation
Using clinical science to effectively tackle code review anxiety
Uncover the science behind code review anxiety, its cognitive triggers, and actionable strategies to reduce anxiety, fostering a healthier code review culture for all developers.
A guide to creating a great code documentation culture
If your teams are struggling with code documentation, watch this on-demand webinar, where our panel of engineering leaders will discuss best practices and strategies to get started. Code documentation is often viewed as a necessary evil by development teams. There’s no doubt that mastering the art of creating…
Building a better testing culture
How can engineering leaders create a healthy testing culture with clear strategies in place?
Take back control of code quality
In this talk, Joel Chippindale shares stories from his experiences in leading engineering teams that illustrate the dynamics between team members and with stakeholders that lead teams to lose control of code quality.
A festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
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Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
How to recover really quickly from failing really slowly
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Carbon proxies: measuring the greenness of your application
How environmentally-friendly is your software?
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Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
Data-driven decisions with Monte Carlo simulations
Top Software Quality Videos
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Creating code reviews that reflect your team’s culture
Our engineering workflow revolves around our code review process. Code reviews are more than just a way to make sure we don’t introduce new bugs into the codebase.
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How to Design Systems and Processes Teams Actually Follow
When we work alone, it’s easy to make sure things come out the way we think is best. But what happens when we need to get an entire team to agree on — and actually use — best practices? What if we have to convince an entire company?
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Strategies for reducing the fragility of your systems
Have you ever worked on a computer system that was so fragile it was frightening to make changes to? Maybe it was challenging to deploy, difficult to delete code, or changing one piece would cause surprising cascading failures.
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Increasing code testability
We all, for the most part, invest time in learning new front-end technologies but how much time if any do we put into client-side testing?
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Better Incident Management to Reduce MTTR
A skilled Incident Commander can improve time to resolution and reduce everyone’s stress.
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Improving Reliability with Error Budgets and Site Reliability Engineering
Reliability is a critical feature of most software, and maintenance rather than initial development predominates the cost of software. Yet, a large number of development teams treat operations as an afterthought instead of integrating operations into their development processes.
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The art of giving and receiving code reviews gracefully
Code reviews are critiques of a person’s work. If they are invested in that work, then that critique feels personal.
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ICON Framework: Creating Value From Machine Learning
Banjo Obayomi talks about the 4 parts of the ICON framework and how you can apply it to your development cycles to align your efforts and bring business value.