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7 principles for balancing agility and durability
Engineering is a game of trade-offs – move fast and break things, or build slow and last forever? Know when to do which.
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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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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
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.
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
Speakers Gergely Orosz, Camille Fournier
and Lara Hogan confirmed
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.
The festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
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The case for and against building ChatGPT into your developer workflow
It’s been touted as a revolutionary timesaver – but what about the errors? We asked developers to make the case for and against using AI tools like ChatGPT to help them code.
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DevOps for engineering managers
DevOps promises faster, better software delivery cycles. How do you best set up your organization to reap these benefits?
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Context switching strategies to preserve your focus
Switching between tasks comes with the territory for software engineers. Here are some tactics to help you preserve focus.
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Keep your digital ops thriving through 2023 uncertainty
Automation and closer collaboration with customer service teams can help your organization absorb any new shocks 2023 brings.
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What I’ve learned from two years of managing remotely
Managing from a distance can be hard. Here are five lessons on how to make it work.
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Bringing together a social model of open source
There’s more to open source than what fits into a license. Julia Ferraioli paints a picture of OS based on the people who consume, contribute to, and maintain it.
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What is a developer experience team?
DevEx teams are becoming increasingly common in tech companies. Here’s everything you need to know about how they work.
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How to communicate the state of your open source project
Identifying and sharing the status of open source projects
Top Velocity videos
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Systems of efficient stability
Holly will talk through Slack’s system for managing ambient disruptions, detailing Slack’s process and the benefits it has brought at LeadDev Together.
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Breaking down knowledge silos between engineering teams
How can we restructure the silos that are slowing us down?
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In partnership with CircleCI
Growing your team’s superpowers with CI/CD
In this talk we’ll cover the Whys, the Whats, and the Hows of setting up a CI/CD pipeline and making it work for us as we strive to ship better software, faster.
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Eight timezones, one cohesive team
Leading a globally distributed engineering department that spans eight different timezones is no walk in the park. It takes a lot of effort and intention to make it all work.
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Supporting engineering teams through times of growth
How to steer through the nuts and bolts of change.
