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AI coding assistants aren’t really making devs feel more productive
New research runs counter to the hype around AI coding assistants.
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The right way to make AI part of your tech strategy
With everyone scrambling to bake AI into their technical strategy, leaders may be resorting to unreliable and unscalable methods.
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Navigating LLM Deployment: Tips, tricks, and techniques
Unlock best practices for deploying self-hosted LLMs—optimize performance, ensure reliability, and tackle real-world challenges in critical industries
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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.
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.
Maintain team performance during unexpected change
You’ll have to experience change management at least once in your career. Make sure your teams can maintain performance through it all.
Berlin • Nov 3 & 4, 2025
Charity Majors, Sam Newman, and Humera Noor confirmed for LeadDev Berlin! 🙌
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Should the daily stand-up die?
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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.
The conference for engineering leaders shaping the future of software
Berlin • November 3 & 4, 2025
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In partnership with CircleCI
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Feature management: a low-risk way to deliver software faster
The power of feature management in modern development
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How to measure and improve success in your engineering team
A deep dive to help you and your team achieve what really matters.
Top Velocity videos
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Using Agile Techniques to Build a More Inclusive Team
Building psychological safety in your teams is critical if you want them to perform at their best.
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Effective remote communication in complex organisations
What are your challenges when communicating with your distributed teams and collaborating asynchronously? Tech leaders Katie Wilde, Dana Lawson, Asanka Jayasuriya, Farhan Thawar & Wambui Kinyashare share their communication strategies for remote orgs.
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The nitty gritty of scaling software teams
Daniel Burke’s talk on evaluating and adopting appropriate software and design patterns, as well as tips on helping your people develop as your team grows.
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Designing cultural transformations
Ryn Daniels shares a design process that helps you identify problems with your current culture and brainstorm sustainable solutions and opportunities.
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Understanding your team’s velocity
A panel discussion on being able to examine the speed of your team in depth is crucial to propelling them forward.
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The power of visibility to unblock collaboration
Fostering a culture where knowledge can be shared with everyone.
