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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.

More about Technical Direction
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The importance of supervising your AI coding agentsAnd 3 other themes from the latest Thoughtworks’ Technology Radar. 
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7 principles for balancing agility and durabilityEngineering 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 principles30 years on, how do these design principles stand up? 
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Tech debt is an outdated conceptTech 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 DevOpsAI 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 overengineeringHow 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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  Software engineering with GenAIA look at how AI coding tools are reshaping software engineering, how teams are adapting, and what remains unchanged in the development process. 
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  Building scalable systems in a complex compliance worldGain actionable insights to build scalable, compliant systems that adapt to evolving regulations while maintaining engineering speed and agility 
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  Using postmortems to break out of infinite loopsOur experience is our best resource when it comes to incident prevention, so why are we so resistant to learning from our past mistakes? 
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  Growing pains: Scaling and re-architecting systems under fireExplore how stakeholder buy-in can make or break your system re-architecture during high-pressure scaling challenges. 
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  FORTRAN’s AI Playbook: Leadership lessons from historyLearn proven leadership strategies from FORTRAN’s history to successfully adopt AI, upskill teams, and drive lasting transformation at scale 
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  Escaping the rewrite trapGain practical frameworks to assess rewrites vs. evolution, plan successful migrations, and align teams and stakeholders without losing momentum. 
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  Technical Steering Groups: Balancing autonomy, technical alignment, and speed through strategic collaborationLearn how technical steering groups drive technical alignment while fostering ownership – balancing autonomy and collaboration to fuel speed, innovation, and impactful decision-making across teams. 
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  Honey, I shrunk the bill!Learn proven strategies to reduce cloud spend by improving visibility, auditing usage, and optimizing data and microservices infrastructure for efficiency 







