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In partnership with Augment Code
The engineer’s guide to building a software factory
Build loops, not just agents.
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In partnership with HarnessDon’t let AI model changes break your workflow
Build the tooling, guardrails, and context-rich practices to mitigate constant model turnover.
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How to build an effective technical strategy
Building a tech strategy requires a lot of moving parts. Learn about what routes to take and whether decisions should be top-down.
On our Technical Direction playlist
Modernizing legacy systems: A technical strategy for evolving monoliths into modern architectures at HelloFresh
Gain insights into transforming legacy systems into scalable architectures, with practical strategies for balancing stability, managing technical debt, and enabling growth opportunities at HelloFresh.
Technical Vision vs. Technical Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Jonathan Maltz digs into the nuts and bolts of setting a successful technical strategy. Startin by talking about the difference between technical vision and technical strategy.
How to implement platform engineering at scale
In this webinar, we’ll hear from enterprise engineering leaders who’ve overcome cultural barriers and team silos, and successfully adopted platform engineering practices in their orgs.
Good technical debt
Jon Thornton discusses how this framework was used to rapidly build and ship Squarespace’s Email Campaigns product in less than 15 months. Along the way, you’ll get several practical guidelines for how tech debt can supercharge your technical investments.
Creating, defining, and refining an effective tech strategy
Having a defined tech strategy creates alignment and keeps everyone on the same page. So how can you ensure yours is most effective? Panelists Anna Shipman, Randy Shoup, Papanii Nene Okai, Nimisha Asthagiri and Anand Mariappan share their tips.


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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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An engineering leader’s guide to SOLID principles
30 years on, how do these design principles stand up?
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Tech debt is an outdated concept
Tech debt is often overused as a blanket statement for all manner of engineering issues. What if we reframed our approach?
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AI agents and the missing link in DevOps
AI agents aren’t just assistants anymore – they’re making decisions. Are engineers ready for the shift or are they just too skeptical?
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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”
Top Technical Direction videos
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In partnership with DXLeadership in AI-assisted engineering
Learn leadership strategies for AI-assisted engineering, focusing on adoption productivity, psychological safety, and responsible AI use.
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Beyond the hype: What test automation really costs
Test automation promises speed and savings, but this talk reveals the hidden costs and how to avoid common strategic pitfalls.
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A reality check on AI’s impact on business transformation
Discover how AI unlocks high-value opportunities beyond code generation, transforming businesses and maximizing the impact of engineering time.
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Building ethical AI: Transparency, bias mitigation, and trust
Explore how to build trustworthy, human-centered AI by prioritizing transparency and effectively mitigating bias, discrimination, and ethical risks.
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In partnership with WarpFrom Prompt to Production: Making AI Work in Your Development Flow
Discover how to move beyond prompt experiments and design AI-first workflows that boost developer productivity and collaboration.
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From hallucinations to hard truths: Real lessons in production AI
Learn crucial lessons from a year of scaling AI in FinTech: what broke, what burned, and what we’d do differently.
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The accidental revolution: How engineering led company-wide AI adoption
Learn how an internal AI tool sparked unexpected company-wide adoption and became a catalyst for cross-functional productivity gains.
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In partnership with Augment CodeBuilding persona-based agents at MongoDB
Watch Wojtek Trocki evaluate AI coding tools and build specialized AI agents.
