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Shadow AI is leaving software teams dangerously exposed
Two thirds of organizations report exploits involving vulnerable LLM code.
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Why your boss is the biggest AI risk
Execs have been quick to caution developers about the risks of AI, but don’t seem to be taking their own advice.
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4 steps to speed up code reviews
The culture changes you need to make to stop code reviews from demoralizing teams.
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Painless compliance, and a thousand audits a day
Turn compliance into code: automate audits, integrate with CI/CD, and achieve painless, continuous, zero-drama compliance.
Editor’s picks
The quickly evolving role of QA
In fast-paced software development environments, the way you think about quality assurance needs to change.
Deadline: January 4, 2026
Call for Proposals for London 2026 is open!
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.
On our Software Quality playlist
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.
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 2 & 3, 2026
More about Software Quality
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Speed without quality is tomorrow’s crisis arriving faster
At LeadDev LDX3 2025, Christine Pinto, CTO of Epic Test Quest, shares why chasing speed without quality leads to costly failures.
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Has manual testing become obsolete?
AI can improve a lot of processes – but where does testing and QA fit into the new landscape?
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“Vibe hacking” signals seismic shift for engineering leaders
Blackhat hackers have an addition to their armoury. Here’s how engineering leaders can safeguard their systems and stay on high alert.
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Is GitHub’s coding agent your newest junior dev?
GitHub’s new coding agent has some perks, but is still showing signs of significant growing pains. What are the current pain points?
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7 prompting strategies to sharpen your AI-assisted code
Master AI coding agents with these field-tested prompting techniques.
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Github Copilot can make commits now. But who owns the code?
GitHub’s Copilot has stepped out of the passenger seat – raising questions about accountability and authorship.
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Is AI-assisted coding an incident magnet?
Now that AI-assisted code is making its way into systems, should we be worried about how it affects SRE?
Top Software Quality Videos
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Reimagining the image pipeline at Squarespace
This talk explores the evolution of Squarespace’s image pipeline—why change was needed, how the architecture adapted for scale and flexibility, and the unique challenges faced along the way.
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Scaling LinkedIn’s search infrastructure: Key decisions and engineering challenges
Explore the key engineering decisions and challenges behind scaling LinkedIn’s search infrastructure to support billions of daily queries.
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Compiler makeover: How technical debt created happier developers
Tired of endless patches and quick fixes to your developer tools? So were we. Learn how we at WSO2 turned our outdated Ballerina compiler into a driver of innovation, community growth, and happier developers.
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Tackling tech debt
A seasoned CTO shares strategies and lessons on identifying, communicating, and effectively tackling tech debt across diverse companies.
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In partnership with EppoDeveloping and supporting 12 SDKs with a team of 3
How Eppo by Datadog runs a dozen production SDKs with only a team of three, by treating them as a platform – not twelve separate codebases.
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3 data-backed ideas to deter AI code quality problems
Learn what 250 million+ lines of code reveal about AI’s impact on code quality and how to address it.
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Supply chain: Data infrastructure pipeline
Discover how modern data pipelines transform supply chains, enabling real-time insights, improving data quality, and optimizing logistics through advanced analytics.
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From dashboard soup to observability lasagna: Building better layers
Transform chaotic dashboards into a layered observability strategy that improves reliability, streamlines incidents, and builds real on-call confidence