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  The rise of coding with parallel agentsExponents see it as the future of software development. Do they have a point? 
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Clear technical vision is the key for aligned growthTechnical visions are the guardrails that keep decision-making aligned across orgs. 
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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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Top Technical Direction videos
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In partnership with Just Eat TakeawayDeveloping a courier app in a leading food-tech companyJoin us for our demo where Mert Kilic, Senior Software Developer at our Berlin Tech Hub, will give an introduction to our new restaurant courier app which we launched in February this year. 
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  Building a successful and sustainable CI/CD pipelineShip faster with an effective deployment strategy. 
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In partnership with ShopifyNo more ad-hoc requests!* From data service to data product teamsIn this talk, I’ll walk through what it would take to achieve this for your organization. If you’re a data or engineering leader and have struggled with managing internal work in progress of your data teams, this talk is for you. 
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Technical strategy power chordsThis talk will be most useful for folks just getting started with technical strategy, but even virtuosos may get a useful tip or two. 
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Crafting efficient on-call processesIn this panel, we’ll discuss the fundamentals of an effective on-call process – thinking about how to diagnose your current state, iterate and improve, and how to avoid mistakes along the way. 
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  Best practice for seamless product integrationHow to achieve successful integration within existing infrastructure 
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 In partnership with Rollbar In partnership with RollbarSourcing the perfect product for your teamAvoid the quick-fix and find the best product for your needs 
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 In partnership with Lohika In partnership with LohikaLaying the foundations for a successful buildHow to ensure the build runs smoothly 







