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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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Why most developers hate their tech stack
Outdated tech stacks are a top reason for developers to quit.
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In partnership with VercelBridging the gap between requirements and technical detail
How to translate business needs into a clear technical roadmap? Leave ambiguity at the door
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Berlin • Nov 3 & 4, 2025
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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.
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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.
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Switching cloud infrastructure solutions? Follow these three steps.
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Fixing broken windows: How to deal with legacy systems
Working with old code? Here’s everything you need to know about managing and improving legacy systems.
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The five stages of digital maturity
Where does your organization rank for digital maturity, and how can automation get you to the next level?
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Five steps for managing legacy code
Legacy code is frustrating but unavoidable. Here are some ways to work with it more effectively.
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How to reduce stress for on-call engineering teams
Chronic stress leads to burnout. Here are some ways to significantly reduce stress for on-call engineers.
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How to create sustainable on-call rotations
A guide to building effective and sustainable on-call rotations.
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What is tech debt and how can you explain it to non-technical peers?
A simple metaphor for understanding and communicating technical debt.
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How to refactor legacy systems by creating application seams
A new approach to refactoring legacy code
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In partnership with HarnessDoes your org need platform engineering?
The panel digs into what the approach looks like in practice, and ask whether platform engineering really holds the key to unlocking happy and productive teams. You will leave this session with a better understanding of what platform engineering really is, how it relates to developer happiness, and whether it’s the right route to go down for your org.
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In partnership with ChronosphereMaking cloud native work for your org
How can enterprises make the leap to cloud native? What do they need to know?
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AI and the future of software engineering
Hywel Carver talks focuses on the shape of engineering teams and how they work – including how they have changed over time with the advent of Agile and DevOps – and suggest how this will change as AI-generated code becomes mainstream.
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In partnership with DoiTDesigning the best cloud architecture for your org
What are the essential components for designing the best cloud architecture for your org?
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Facilitating Software Architecture: Andrew Harmel-Law in conversation
How can you ensure architects and development teams are working towards the same goal?
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AI and the future of software engineering
Hywel Carver talks focuses on the shape of engineering teams and how they work – including how they have changed over time with the advent of Agile and DevOps – and suggest how this will change as AI-generated code becomes mainstream.
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How to make better modernization decisions
Indu Alagarsamy shares some of the methods she has been using such as Service Blueprints, Wardley Mapping, and Architecture/Product Decision Tracking Framework to get buy-in collaboratively.
