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Inside the tech overhaul of Big Brother’s voting system
The real-life issues engineers faced behind the scenes while implementing a user verification solution for Big Brother.
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The CrowdStrike disaster is a lesson about testing
What’s been dubbed the world’s biggest IT outage should be a wakeup call to the industry.
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How low (level) can you go
Learn how mastering low-level systems and components can make you the go-to engineer for tough problems and drive product success.
Editor’s picks
How test coverage can improve code quality
As teams get bigger and the need for faster velocity increases, code quality can be difficult to uphold. Use these techniques from Michael Tweed, a principal software engineer at Skyscanner, to help.
November 4 & 5, 2025
The leadership conference for tech leads and engineering leaders.
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.
On our Software Quality playlist
Ways your teams can (realistically) prioritize code quality
Code matters – learn how to create a culture of quality in your organisation
Metrics – a primer, to drive precision, speed, quality & impact
As managers or senior leaders, this talk will give you a primer for leveraging metrics for the objectives you seek, outcomes you desire, and the behaviors you want to incentivize or disincentivize within your engineering organization.
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.
November 4 & 5, 2025
The leadership conference for tech leads and engineering leaders.
More about Software Quality
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Cost savings don’t have to impact code quality
Ahead of his talk at LeadDev West Coast in October, Plaid’s Mark Robinson discusses cloud costs and how they could be the ticket to both dollar value and improved code quality.
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Consultative QA as a way to empower engineering teams
Consultative QA has the ability to transform your engineering team, putting the responsibility on the engineers for the quality of their work, whilst still having a level of assurance that a seasoned tester can bring.
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SRE for engineering managers
Site reliability engineers apply software techniques to operations to maximize uptime and avoid costly outages. But is this approach right for your organization?
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Breaking down different software tester roles
Starting out in the tester field and wondering how to map out your career path? Laveena Ramchandani may be able to help you figure out the differences in responsibilities according to titles.
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Let’s mitigate bias in tech
If we aren’t careful, dangerous biases can manifest in software applications. Here are some ways to be vigilant to fight bias in tech.
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How to build a strong culture with ensemble programming
How does working as an ensemble help your team’s efficiency and culture?
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Making code reviews teachable moments
How applying concepts from education theory to code reviews can improve knowledge transfer across your engineering teams.
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Will ChatGPT and generative AI replace internal code documentation?
Can generative AI and natural language processing technologies help streamline your code documentation processes? Here are some things to consider.
Top Software Quality Videos
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Slaying the Goliath: Lessons learned from a full system re-write
Brian Genisio shares the lessons we learned from our multi-year journey, including project planning, team management, technical challenges, testing and deployment, and post-project analysis.
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How much is that API call in the window?
Mark Robinson talks about how in recent years, cloud computing has transformed the way businesses store, manage, and analyze their data.
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Working on software that is older than you
Sally Wahba shares her views on working on an older codebase. She will share her experience watching the codebase evolve from incorporating acquired startups, to consolidating code branches. She will share pain points that she found to be repeated after joining a younger company.
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Content sponsored by Chronosphere
How Observability Can Boost Engineering Productivity
Join Chronosphere’s Field CTO, Ian Smith, to learn how cloud native observability reduces burnout and boosts engineering team productivity.
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The dark side of standardization
Samantha Schaevitz wants you to leave this talk better equipped to decide whether embarking on a standardization project is right for your stack or organization, and how to do it in a way that avoids common pitfalls along the way.
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Why onboarding to a company’s legacy codebase sucks, and how to make it work for your team
Shanea Leven discusses the history and context of the problems that plague codebase onboarding. And with problems come solutions such as tips and tools that make it easier for engineers to onboard a legacy codebase.
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The dark side of lessons learned
Dianing Yudono explains how you can boost the efficiency and effectiveness of your software development processes by unlocking the power of lessons learned and making them accessible to everyone. Let’s elevate our collective wisdom and drive success together!
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The awful agony of the app store: When software delivery goes wrong
Clare Sudbery shares a dramatic tale of ups and downs, tears and triumph, and the very sharp end of the sunk cost fallacy. Via the rollercoaster ride of a failed iOS app, Clare uses the experience to highlight several key components that contribute to successful software development… and offer understanding to those facing obstacles beyond their control.