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Yes, the majority of language migrations are driven by hype
AI contributes to the surge, but half still fall short
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How Stack Overflow is innovating to keep up with AI disruption
Large language models, trained on public data, have pushed Stack Overflow toward an existential crisis.
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In partnership with Coder
How to refactor without killing morale
Refactoring isn’t the problem; it’s how we manage it.
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November 3 & 4, 2025
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Essential reading

How to build an effective technical strategy
Building a tech strategy requires a lot of moving parts. Learn about what routes to take and whether decisions should be top-down.
On our Technical Direction playlist

Modernizing legacy systems: A technical strategy for evolving monoliths into modern architectures at HelloFresh
Gain insights into transforming legacy systems into scalable architectures, with practical strategies for balancing stability, managing technical debt, and enabling growth opportunities at HelloFresh.

Technical Vision vs. Technical Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Jonathan Maltz digs into the nuts and bolts of setting a successful technical strategy. Startin by talking about the difference between technical vision and technical strategy.

How to implement platform engineering at scale
In this webinar, we’ll hear from enterprise engineering leaders who’ve overcome cultural barriers and team silos, and successfully adopted platform engineering practices in their orgs.

Good technical debt
Jon Thornton discusses how this framework was used to rapidly build and ship Squarespace’s Email Campaigns product in less than 15 months. Along the way, you’ll get several practical guidelines for how tech debt can supercharge your technical investments.

Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
Having a defined tech strategy creates alignment and keeps everyone on the same page. So how can you ensure yours is most effective? Panelists Anna Shipman, Randy Shoup, Papanii Nene Okai, Nimisha Asthagiri and Anand Mariappan share their tips.

More about Technical Direction
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The 6 warning signs of overengineering
How to look for the signs of overengineering in software, why it happens, and how to prevent unnecessary complexity to build maintainable systems.
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How AI generated code compounds technical debt
“I don’t think I have ever seen so much technical debt being created in such a short period of time”
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Carving out time for large-scale engineering chores
Determine what to prioritize, set out a path, and be prepared for some hiccups along the way.
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How DeepSeek upended everything
The Chinese AI model has called into question a whole host of assumptions for the tech industry.
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Is IaC broken?
Complex rollouts and rigid procedures have taken the shine off of Infrastructure as Code. Can it be fixed?
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An introduction to vector databases
They underpin most generative AI applications, but what do you need to know about vector databases?
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What engineering managers need to know for 2025
Here are 9 things you need to know as we move into 2025.
Top Technical Direction videos
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How to delete everything: The clean-slate approach to technical strategy
Learn how clean-slate thinking can break technical deadlocks, improve system resilience, and inspire actionable strategies for complex engineering challenges.
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In partnership with Harness
Is it time to shift cloud cost ownership left?
Why the path to faster releases and innovation starts with putting developers first.
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How engineering leadership is changing in 2025
If your team is hitting key delivery metrics, we assume everything in the lifecycle before production is sound. However, we know that traditional metrics only tell half the story.
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In partnership with Harness
How better developer experience drives results
Why the path to faster releases and innovation starts with putting developers first.
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In partnership with Harness
Your guide to proactive tech debt management
With high-profile outages striking increasingly frequently, incident prevention and readiness are critical, but not at the expense of speed or innovation.
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In partnership with Harness
Incident response before the incident
With high-profile outages striking increasingly frequently, incident prevention and readiness are critical, but not at the expense of speed or innovation.
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How to master the perfect pull request
Pull requests are an essential part of collaborative development, but one that’s often rushed or fraught for teams juggling increasing workloads and competing priorities.
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In partnership with Harness
Escaping your DIY Feature Flags
Feature flags, how difficult can it be? But now it’s day two, and suddenly you’re in the feature flag business.