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AI-generated abandonware is hollowing out open source
When everyone can build, the scarce resource becomes maintainers.
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Demand for engineering managers is surging in the agentic coding era
Just not necessarily to be managers…
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Think the technical interview is dead? Think again
The technical interview is evolving as AI-assisted coding becomes the norm.
Editor’s picks
What is an engineering manager? Taking the step up
This fulfilling role takes you a step beyond a lead engineer. Find out how to best showcase your skills to land it.
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
Delivering AI results without a playbook?
Find what’s working at LDX3
Essential reading
On our Engineering Manager playlist
The Manager’s Path: Camille Fournier in conversation
A guide for tech leaders navigating growth and change.
Things I got wrong when preparing for my first Engineering Manager role
Ferit Topcu shares his own experiences in this transition, the errors I made, and how I overcame them.
What we talk about when we talk about leadership
Exploring key leadership themes from years in tech, this talk offers guidance and practical strategies to help engineers become the leaders they want to be.
On-call revolution: Building a culture of ownership and collaboration
Discover how innovative on-call rotations empower developers, foster team collaboration, and reduce complexity, creating a cohesive, ownership-driven culture that enhances service quality.
Managing authentically across levels
Learn how to manage engineers at all levels with practical tips for adapting your style to support growth and foster a thriving, high-performing engineering team.
The festival for modern engineering leadership
New York • September 15 & 16, 2026
More for Engineering managers
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In partnership with YLD
Tackling some DevOps antipatterns
And the case for adopting platform engineering and SRE practices to mitigate against them.
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Waiting in vain for a promotion
If you’ve been waiting forever and a year for a promotion then our advice columnist, Maria Ntalla, may just have the approach for you.
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Unlocking performance management for start-ups and scale-ups
Performance management is tricky terrain to navigate, especially when you’re in a start-up or scale-up. Here are some frameworks to help.
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The key to quickly unblocking decision-making
Unlock quick decision-making by evaluating what you know, what you don’t know, and, based on those things, hypotheses you can make.
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How to reserve engineering capacity and deliver projects on time
When you’re project planning as a manager, it’s good to make sure you reserve some of your engineers’ capacity ahead of time.
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Preparing your team for a tense election season
And should we even talk about politics at work in the first place?
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Can you lead a struggling team to success?
Taking a leadership position of a struggling team isn’t exactly a smooth ride. With ups and downs, it can be difficult to see a positive end.
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How “you build it, you run it” improves team performance
Whether it’s recruiting new talent, team accountability, or streamlining processes, “you build it, you run it” is the philosophy for you.
Videos for Engineering managers
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Up and down the management track: Equalising your leadership style across the pressure of scale
A real-world guide to shifting your mindset and skills as you move between managing people, managers, and entire organizations.
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Moving accessibility from debt to done at giffgaff
How accessibility became part of everyday engineering, improving inclusion and business impact without slowing delivery.
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Crowdsourcing platform engineering
How Cash App built a culture of shared ownership in platform engineering–where empathy, collaboration, and visibility drive developer experience and delivery velocity.
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In partnership with TailscaleInclusion: What works, and why I’m still talking about it
Explore practical ways to make inclusion part of everyday teamwork, from communication styles to better collaboration and decision-making.
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In partnership with DXThe state of AI in software development: Insights across 400+ organizations
Learn where AI actually boosts developer productivity, how leading teams measure impact, and practical ways to separate measurable gains from hype.
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In partnership with PagerDutyProduction AI agents: The gap between promise and reality
Learn what it really takes to move AI agents from impressive demos to safe, reliable production systems.
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Mentoring that actually changes careers
A practical, human take on mentoring that actually helps people grow, by sharing real experience and honest guidance.
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Quantifying technical debt to modernise critical systems
A data-driven approach to exposing hidden technical debt and modernizing critical legacy systems without risky rewrites.
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Escaping the feature factory: Building strategic team identity
How to turn a ticket-driven engineering team into a strategic partner by shifting identity, metrics, and mindset toward outcomes.
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The mechanics of scaling: Why delivery slows as you grow, and what to do about it
In this talk, I will show how rising incidents, fragile systems, slower delivery and constant firefighting are often signs of hitting systemic limits rather than execution failure.
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Inclusive leadership across cultures: Practical patterns for global engineering teams
Concrete, repeatable patterns for leading global teams across cultures, reducing friction, building trust, and helping diverse voices contribute fully.
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Things fall apart – Architecture to avoid progressive collapse
How to design systems so small failures stay contained, preventing cascading outages and large-scale architectural collapse.