-
The Post Office Scandal: what we can learn from its process and human failures
The story of the Post Office scandal not only serves as a warning about tech failure, but also as a reminder of the real-world significance of the software we build.
-
Iterate to Greatness: Building High Performance, AI-native Engineering Teams
In this talk, we'll discuss how Vercel transitioned to an AI-native company and how you too can operate highly effective, AI-native product engineering teams, from the tools used to the way to stay organised amid the rapidly changing pace of AI.
-
Making smart investments: A framework for maximizing your ROI in technical decisions
In this talk, we're going to explore a framework for evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of complex tech decisions, illustrated with real-world examples that highlight both the traps to avoid and the paths to success. I'll share methods for pinpointing key metrics that matter, and how to design experiments or proof-of-concepts to measure ROI. Finally we will discuss the importance of staying objective and adaptable throughout the process.
-
Data Science Demystified
This talk gives an overview of Data Science and delves deep into the pipeline data scientists use - right from fetching the data, the Python tools and frameworks used to creating models, gaining insights and telling a story.
-
Measure for Change
Picking metrics is one thing. But the harder decisions lie in what to do with them afterward.
-
Delivery metrics – the good, the bad and the utterly ridiculous
As an engineering team lead, I spent countless hours pouring over data points, spreadsheets, and graphs in search of the perfect set of metrics to measure our team’s success.
-
How to use technology radars to make transparent tech decisions
The talk centres around the benefits of building such a tool, such as transparency, alignment and faster onboarding.
-
Managing across timezones; A retrospective
In 2020, Cloudflare moved from being an in office company to 100% remote. This changed the way we work completely.
-
From overload to oasis: Creating more time for the cool stuff
Tired of being overloaded with monotonous tasks? Craving more time for the ‘cool stuff’? You’re not alone.
-
Tech debt as innovation, reframing this forever problem as an opportunity
Tech Debt is a natural by-product of software engineering, yet we, in the software industry, don’t attack it with the same excitement or fervor as we do with product innovation or feature development.