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Shipping faster, thinking less? The AI code verification trap
AI made code cheap. Verification is now expensive.
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In partnership with PagerDutyGet smarter with every incident
This panel discussion is for SREs, platform, and DevOps leaders who are looking for strategies to make on-call feel more sustainable and effective. We’ll show you how to break that reactive loop, and the emerging tools and practices to help make your teams, and systems, smarter.
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The quickly evolving role of QA
In fast-paced software development environments, the way you think about quality assurance needs to change.
New York • September 15-16, 2026
Speakers Camille Fournier, Gergely Orosz and Will Larson confirmed 🙌
Essential reading
How to bake quality into your teams’ coding process
Taking code quality beyond documentation and into the fabric of your team’s work.
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Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
Code matters – learn how to create a culture of quality in your organisation
Using clinical science to effectively tackle code review anxiety
Uncover the science behind code review anxiety, its cognitive triggers, and actionable strategies to reduce anxiety, fostering a healthier code review culture for all developers.
A guide to creating a great code documentation culture
If your teams are struggling with code documentation, watch this on-demand webinar, where our panel of engineering leaders will discuss best practices and strategies to get started. Code documentation is often viewed as a necessary evil by development teams. There’s no doubt that mastering the art of creating…
Building a better testing culture
How can engineering leaders create a healthy testing culture with clear strategies in place?
Take back control of code quality
In this talk, Joel Chippindale shares stories from his experiences in leading engineering teams that illustrate the dynamics between team members and with stakeholders that lead teams to lose control of code quality.
The festival for modern engineering leadership
London • June 2 & 3, 2026
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4 steps to speed up code reviews
The culture changes you need to make to stop code reviews from demoralizing teams.
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The unseen fixes that boost engineering performance
At the intersection of toil and operational risk lies “perilwork.”
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What leaders can learn from the Millennium Bug
At LDX3 2025, Google staff engineer Amir Safavi revisited the Y2K “Millennium Bug” as a case study in successful engineering coordination.
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A smarter way to evaluate LLM applications
LLM evaluations are the ultimate quality gate for your product.
Top Software Quality Videos
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Supply chain: Data infrastructure pipeline
Discover how modern data pipelines transform supply chains, enabling real-time insights, improving data quality, and optimizing logistics through advanced analytics.
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From dashboard soup to observability lasagna: Building better layers
Transform chaotic dashboards into a layered observability strategy that improves reliability, streamlines incidents, and builds real on-call confidence
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Being secure by design: Engineer-led security
This talk shares how the secure-enough software challenge can be solved by building an engineer-led security culture, leading to a culture of collaboration and confidence in good security choices.
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Growing pains: Scaling and re-architecting systems under fire
Explore how stakeholder buy-in can make or break your system re-architecture during high-pressure scaling challenges.
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From monitoring to mastery: Building an observability-driven culture
This talk explores how Phorest shifted to an observability-driven culture by aligning technical vision with customer pain, empowering teams through proactive ownership, and embedding observability into software practices to enhance customer trust.
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Escaping the rewrite trap
Gain practical frameworks to assess rewrites vs. evolution, plan successful migrations, and align teams and stakeholders without losing momentum.
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The million dollar bug: Quality leadership lessons from costly failures
CrowdStrike lost $5.4B, Sonos stumbled into a $500M crisis – and they’re not alone. Learn battle-tested leadership strategies to protect your organization from quality catastrophes that can shake your business to its core.
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Tracking repository health at scale
Discover how data-driven repository health tracking improves visibility, drives behavior change, and aligns engineering efforts with long-term business goals.