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10 generative AI programming tools for developers
Here are some of the best AI programming tools for software developers to try today.
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Productivity isn’t always fast
It can often feel like we aren’t being productive unless we’re working at max speed. But slow productivity is here to subvert that idea.
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Content sponsored by Statsig
Unlock your engineering velocity with data
Breaking down the three phases of data maturity and how they help move your product forward.
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Culture, Clarity, Velocity
This session explores how leaders can examine proposed changes and prepare their teams to move from a culture that impedes progress to one that enables strategic change.
Editor’s picks
Streamline development processes with application templates
Increase efficiency, collaboration, and innovation.
How to speed up code reviews
Code reviews don’t have to be painful. Here’s how to embrace tools and more collaborative processes to raise the bar on your review cycle.
Managing the chaos of context switching
It’s time to examine the good, the bad, and the very ugly elements of context switching. Even better, we’ll take a look at some strategies for managing it.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
A festival of engineering leadership
Essential reading
Should the daily stand-up die?
Will the real agile developers please stand up? Please stand up. Please, stand up.
On our Velocity playlist
Engineering owns velocity
In this talk, I’ll explore what engineering leaders need to do to credibly own velocity and deeply align their work with the company strategy.
Launching a Gen AI powered travel companion: A case for tiger teams
Explore Booking.com’s journey in launching a Gen AI travel companion in 3 months, powered by a tiger team approach for rapid, focused product development and innovation.
Goldilocks doesn’t need your story points or your t-shirts
Ben Murray believes there is only really one question you need to ask: is this task small enough?
How to drive pace in your team ??♀️
Alicia Collymore delivers actionable advice that’ll help you to improve your teams’ delivery and pace without a data-first approach.
Planning for success when scaling rapidly
Create goals, prioritize effectively, set expectations, and drive alignment.
A festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Velocity
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Successfully integrating remote engineers
Combat the disadvantages in meetings for your distributed employees
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Reliability and more: preventing a crisis in engineering production
Leveraging tools, teams, and test-driven development for reliable releases.
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Addressing the challenges of partially distributed engineering teams
What to consider when approaching a new normal.
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Don’t cross the Rubicon: engineering practices you don’t want to delay
Avoiding the point of no return
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Optimizing micro-feedback loops in engineering
Streamlining micro feedback loops to improve product delivery and DevOps performance
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Mapping the immovable objects in engineering projects
Accepting what you can’t change and changing what you can
Top Velocity videos
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Failing smarter and learning faster in engineering
Software development has been evolving. When I started in the industry, working at companies like Microsoft, we would bet many person-years of development and many millions of dollars into the development of products that would sometimes be hits and sometimes be total duds
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Documentation in Agile
We value “working software over comprehensive documentation”. That is, while there is value in documentation, we value working software more.
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Engineering retrospectives – Look back, move forward
Retrospectives are one of the most powerful tools in a team lead’s toolkit.
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The challenges and rewards of distributed teams
Distributed teams offer many benefits for employers and employees alike. Having a distributed team can make recruiting and retention easier, and it can help you build a diverse team.
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Growing an engineering organization with effective DevOps
Most of us hope that our engineering organizations will grow and scale with the success of our businesses, but that growth is often easier said than done.
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Intro to test-driven development
Does your team deal with bugs that could have been caught earlier in the development cycle?
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Tackling Big, Impossible Projects
Big, Impossible projects are exciting, transformative, and begin with an overwhelming number of unanswered questions.
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Reclaiming the Spirit of Agile
Do you follow Agile processes like Scrum, Kanban or XP… and yet struggling to deliver on time, under budget and without last-minute heroics? Why aren’t these supposedly best practices working for you?